Abstract
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are associated with plants and insects. Determinants for the targeting and occupation of these widely different environments are unknown. However, most of these natural habitats share plant-derived sucrose, which can be metabolized by some AAB via polyfructose building levansucrases (LS) known to be involved in biofilm formation. Here, we propose two LS types (T) encoded by AAB as determinants for habitat selection, which emerged from vertical (T1) and horizontal (T2) lines of evolution and differ in their genetic organization, structural features and secretion mechanism, as well as their occurrence in proteobacteria. T1-LS are secreted by plant-pathogenic α- and γ-proteobacteria, while T2-LS genes are common in diazotrophic, plant-growth-promoting α-, β- and γ-proteobacteria. This knowledge may be exploited for a better understanding of microbial ecology, plant health and biofilm formation by sucrase-secreting proteobacteria in eukaryotic hosts.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4151-4165 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Environmental Microbiology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2019 |
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Acetic acid bacteria encode two levansucrase types of different ecological relationship. / Jakob, Frank; Quintero, Yamira; Musacchio, Alexis; Estrada-de los Santos, Paulina; Hernández, Lázaro; Vogel, Rudi F.
In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 21, No. 11, 01.11.2019, p. 4151-4165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Acetic acid bacteria encode two levansucrase types of different ecological relationship
AU - Jakob, Frank
AU - Quintero, Yamira
AU - Musacchio, Alexis
AU - Estrada-de los Santos, Paulina
AU - Hernández, Lázaro
AU - Vogel, Rudi F.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are associated with plants and insects. Determinants for the targeting and occupation of these widely different environments are unknown. However, most of these natural habitats share plant-derived sucrose, which can be metabolized by some AAB via polyfructose building levansucrases (LS) known to be involved in biofilm formation. Here, we propose two LS types (T) encoded by AAB as determinants for habitat selection, which emerged from vertical (T1) and horizontal (T2) lines of evolution and differ in their genetic organization, structural features and secretion mechanism, as well as their occurrence in proteobacteria. T1-LS are secreted by plant-pathogenic α- and γ-proteobacteria, while T2-LS genes are common in diazotrophic, plant-growth-promoting α-, β- and γ-proteobacteria. This knowledge may be exploited for a better understanding of microbial ecology, plant health and biofilm formation by sucrase-secreting proteobacteria in eukaryotic hosts.
AB - Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are associated with plants and insects. Determinants for the targeting and occupation of these widely different environments are unknown. However, most of these natural habitats share plant-derived sucrose, which can be metabolized by some AAB via polyfructose building levansucrases (LS) known to be involved in biofilm formation. Here, we propose two LS types (T) encoded by AAB as determinants for habitat selection, which emerged from vertical (T1) and horizontal (T2) lines of evolution and differ in their genetic organization, structural features and secretion mechanism, as well as their occurrence in proteobacteria. T1-LS are secreted by plant-pathogenic α- and γ-proteobacteria, while T2-LS genes are common in diazotrophic, plant-growth-promoting α-, β- and γ-proteobacteria. This knowledge may be exploited for a better understanding of microbial ecology, plant health and biofilm formation by sucrase-secreting proteobacteria in eukaryotic hosts.
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U2 - 10.1111/1462-2920.14768
DO - 10.1111/1462-2920.14768
M3 - Artículo
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AN - SCOPUS:85071307201
VL - 21
SP - 4151
EP - 4165
JO - Environmental Microbiology
JF - Environmental Microbiology
SN - 1462-2912
IS - 11
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