Plant-associated Proteobacteria (and a few outsiders): the good and the bad N2N2 NH 3 nitrogenase.
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Plant-associated Proteobacteria (and a few outsiders): the good and the bad
N2 NH3
nitrogenase
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Today’s Topics:
1. Rhizobeacae and other nitrogen-fixing genera2. Nitrogen fixation and why we need it3. Examples of nitrogen-fixing symbioses in plants4. Processes of nodulation5. Non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing Proteobacteria6. Cyanobacterial associations7. Crown gall: the selfish doings of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens
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Thermotoga
Green,nonsulfur
Deinococci
Spirochetes
Greensulfur Bacteroides
Chlamydiae
Gram positive
Cyanobacteria
Proteobacteria
RhizobiumBradyrhizobiumSinorhizobiumAgrobacteriumAzospirillum
E. coliKlebsiellaAzotobacter
Prokaryotes
HerbaspirillumDesulfoivbrio
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Ecology of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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N2 + 8 flavodoxin- + 8H+ + 16 MgATP2- + 18 H2O
+ 2OH- + 8 flavodoxin + 16 MgADP- + 16H2PO4- + H2
nitrogenase
Biological nitrogen fixation:
2NH4+
1. Rare, extremely energy consuming conversion because of stability of triply bonded N2
2. Produces fixed N which can be directly assimilated into N containing biomolecules
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Ammonia assimilatory cycle: How nitrogen enters biological pathways
NH4+
Amino acidsproteins
Amino acidsproteinspurinespyrimidines
-ketoglutarate glutamateGDH
+
glutamate glutamine+ ATP + ADP + PiGS
+NH4+
glutamineglutamate -ketoglutarateGOGAT
+
Pathway 1
Pathway 2
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N2
dinitrogen gas(78% of air)
NH4+
ammonium
NO2-
nitrite
NO3-
nitrate
BIOSPHERE
N2Onitrous oxide
Denitrification Nitrogen fixationthe Haber Process
and lightning
Denitrification
nitrification
The Nitrogen Cycle
nitrification
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N2
dinitrogen gas(78% of air)
NH4+
ammonium
NO2-
nitrite
NO3-
nitrate
N2Onitrous oxide Prokaryotes
Animals
Plants
assimilation
nitrification
uptake
Biological nitrogen fixation
consumption
The Nitrogen Cycle
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•In 1910 humans consumed 10% of total carbon fixed by photosynthesis, by 2030 it is predicted that 80% will be used by humans.
•Estimated that 90% of population will live in tropical and subtropical areas where (protein-rich) plant sources contribute 80% of total caloric intake.
A growing population must eat!
•Combined nitrogen is the most common limiting nutrient in agriculture
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•Production of nitrogenous fertilizers has “plateaued” in recent years because of high costs and pollution
•Estimated 90% of applied fertilizers never reach roots and contaminate groundwater
Consumes 1.4% of total fossil
fuels annually
Why chemical fertilizers aren’t the answer
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Host plant Bacterial symbiont
Alfalfa Rhizobium melilotiClover Rhizobium trifoliiSoybean Bradyrhizobium japonicumBeans Rhizobium phaseoliPea Rhizobium leguminosarumSesbania Azorhizobium caulinodans
Complete listing can be found at at: http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~mbarnett/rhiz.htm
Both plant and bacterial factors determine specificity
Rhizobium-legume symbioses
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legume
rhizobia
Fixed nitrogen(ammonia)
Fixed carbon(malate, sucrose)
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MEDICAGO(alfalfa)
LOTUS(birdsfoot trefoil)
Obvious signs of nodulation by common rhizobial species
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Pea Plant
R. leguminosarumnodules
Pink color is leghaemoglobin a protein that carries oxygen to the bacteroids
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Physiology of a legume nodule
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rhizosphereFlavonoidsnod-geneinducers
Nod-factor
Very early events in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
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NodD
pSym
nod genes
activated NodD positively regulates
nod genes
Sinorhizobium meliloti
nod-gene inducers from alfalfa roots
(specificity)
chromosome
plasmid
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Nod Factor: alipooligosaccharide
Nod factor biosynthesis
Nod factor R-group “decorations”
determine host specificity
NodM
NodC
NodB
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From Hirsch, 1992.New Phyto. 122, 211-237
Rhizobium
Formation ofnodule primordia
Bacteroiddifferentiation
Nitrogenfixation
Nod factor(specificity)
Invasion through infection tube
Attachment and infection
Flavonoids(specificity)
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(From Quaedvlieg et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 37: 715-727, 1998)
Rhizobium encoding GFP from jellyfish as a marker
Infection thread
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Bacteria divide as they traverse infection thread
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Enlargement of the nodule, nitrogen
fixation and exchange of
nutrients
Nodule development
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The Nodulation Process
• Chemical recognition of roots and Rhizobium• Root hair curling• Formation of infection thread• Invasion of roots by Rhizobia• Cortical cell divisions and formation of nodule
tissue• Bacteria fix nitrogen which is transferred to
plant cells in exchange for fixed carbon
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Inoculation of a mutated Sinorhizobium strain does not transfer fixed N to the plant
Genes & Development 11:1194, 1997
wild-type mutant
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glnB10
glnBP5
6 days
7 days
wt
wt
Genes & Development 11:1194, 1997
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Azorhizobium caulinodans
Sesbania
on
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Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation
CyanobacteriaAnabaenaNostoc
Aquatic:
Terrestrial and rhizosphere-associated:
AzospirillumAzotobacterAcetobacterKlebsiellaClostridium
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Plant-associated nitrogen fixation: the endophytes and epiphytes
Acetobacter diazotropicus
Lives as an endophyte of sugarcane and various other monocots and some dicots
On sugarcane
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The aquatic fern Azolla is the only fern that can fix nitrogen. It does so by virtue of a symbiotic association with a cyanobacterium (Anabaena azollae).
-Co +Co
A nitrogen-fixing fern
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Another cyanobacterium on the palm Welfia regia in an epiphyllic relationship
It is believed that these bacteria transfer some % of fixed N to the plants through the leaf surfaces
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3054.html
Symptoms of crown gall
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens “transforms” plant cells
Transgenes produce OPINES, unique amino acid-like molecules,as well as plant hormones
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The End
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1 Enhancing survival of nodule forming bacterium by improving competitiveness of inoculant strains
2 Extend host range of crops, which can benefit from biological nitrogen fixation
3 Engineer microbes with high nitrogen fixing capacity
Current approaches to improving biological nitrogen fixation
What experiments would you propose if you were to follow each of these approaches?
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Rhizobium’s bad brother: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Opines are an Agrobacterium-specific C- source to feed future generations
Crown gall on rose
and on grapevine
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Rhizobium’s bad brother: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Opines are an Agrobacterium-specific C- source to feed future generations
Crown gall on rose
and on grapevine
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Malateto bacteria
NH4+
to plant
nitrogen-fixing bacteroid
containing Rhizobium
N2 NH4+
Exchange of nutrients during Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
TCAATP ADP+Pi
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