The results suggest that potato in vitro supports diverse bacterial endophytes. The community composition of the culturable component of the microflora was remarkably different from that revealed by culture-independent method. Introduction of Pseudomonas fluorescens IMBG163 into potato plant tissue resulted in essential rise of endophytic bacterial species number, however, in the further cloning their number was reduced. Endophytic isolates from potato varieties Zagadka and Nigru, induced by the rhizobacterium, exhibited features beneficial for plants.
Aim. To screen mobile genetic elements (MGE) in the bacterium which caused decay of field-grown onion bulb and to study an integron and gene cassettes associated. Methods. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR products sequencing were used for both the bacterium and MGE identification. Terminally-labeled Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis was performed for detection of any bacterium in the onion bulb tissue. Results. The bacterium, which caused field-grown onion decay, was identified by nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA genes to be S. marcescens known as phytopathogen. However, this isolate did not respond to specific primers designed for pathogenic strains. Inoculation of onion (Allium cepa L.), Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heyhn, and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds resulted in biomass promotion of symptomless plants. PCR revealed the presence of a class 1 integron in S. marcescens IMBG291 which represents the first isolation of this integron in phytopathogenic Serratia species. The gene cassettes harbored by the integron have been represented with the promoterless genes encoded formimino-glutamate deiminase and ascorbate-specific phosphotransferase system enzyme IIC, and with additional three senseless sequences flanked by a 59-bp element. Conclusion. S. marcescens IMBG291 exhibited plant growth promotion or pathogenicity, depending on the environmental situation, due to horizontally acquired new gene cassettes located in the integron
A bacterial strain IMBG1S6 producing exopolysaccharide (EPS) was isolated from siliceous rock and identified as a Paenibacillus species by partial sequencing its 16S rDNA. Paenibacillus sp. IMBG156 was used in a novel technology for inoculant production based on co-cultivating this bacterium with any bacterium of choice. Paenibacillus sp. provides in situ the bacterial cells of the inoculant with EPS, a carrier, and most likely with a source of carbon and energy. The partner bacterium designates a type of inoculant (biopesticide or biofertiliser). The strain IMBG156 does not destroy the signaling system of Gram-negative partners, based on acylated homoserine lactones, stimulates plant growth, and is rather competitive in the plant rhizosphere and soil. A prototype of the inoculant based on dual-culturePaenibacillus sp. IMBG156 -Pseudomonas sp. IMBG163 exhibits a noticeably longer shelf life than monoculture of Pseudomonas sp. IMBGI63.
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