Characterization of spontaneous gacS and gacA regulatory mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens biocontrol strain CHAO.

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Characterization of spontaneous gacS and gacA regulatory mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens biocontrol strain CHAO.
Périodique
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Bull C.T., Duffy B., Voisard C., Défago G., Keel C. (co-premier), Haas D.
ISSN
0003-6072 (Print)
ISSN-L
0003-6072
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2001
Volume
79
Numéro
3-4
Pages
327-336
Langue
anglais
Résumé
In Pseudomonasfluorescens strain CHAO, the response regulator gene gacA controls expression of extracellular enzymes and antifungal secondary metabolites, which are important for this strain's biocontrol activity in the plant rhizosphere. Two Tn5 insertion mutants of strain CHA0 that had the same pleiotropic phenotype as gacA mutants were complemented by the gacS sensor kinase gene of P. syringae pv. syringae as well as that of P. fluorescens strain Pf-5, indicating that both transposon insertions had occurred in the gacS gene of strain CHA0. This conclusion was supported by Southern hybridisation using a gacS probe from strain Pf-5. Overexpression of the wild-type gacA gene partially compensated for the gacS mutation, however, the overexpressed gacA gene was not stably maintained, suggesting that this is deleterious to the bacterium. Strain CHA0 grown to stationary phase in nutrient-rich liquid media for several days accumulated spontaneous pleiotropic mutants to levels representing 1.25% of the population; all mutants lacked key antifungal metabolites and extracellular protease. Half of 44 spontaneous mutants tested were complemented by gacS, the other half were restored by gacA. Independent point and deletion mutations arose at different sites in the gacA gene. In competition experiments with mixtures of the wild type and a gacA mutant incubated in nutrient-rich broth, the mutant population temporarily increased as the wild type decreased. In conclusion, loss of gacA function can confer a selective advantage on strain CHA0 under laboratory conditions.
Mots-clé
Bacterial Proteins/genetics, Bacterial Proteins/metabolism, Culture Media, Fungi, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Genes, Regulator, Mutation, Pest Control, Biological, Plant Diseases/microbiology, Plant Roots/microbiology, Pseudomonas fluorescens/genetics, Pseudomonas fluorescens/growth & development, Transcription Factors/genetics, Transcription Factors/metabolism
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