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Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin
Fluorescent Pseudomonas strains producing the antimicrobial secondary metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (Phl) play a prominent role in the biocontrol of plant diseases. A subset of Phl-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas strains, which can additionally synthesize the antimicrobial compound pyolute...
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Published in: | Systematic and applied microbiology 2011-05, Vol.34 (3), p.180-188 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Fluorescent
Pseudomonas strains producing the antimicrobial secondary metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (Phl) play a prominent role in the biocontrol of plant diseases. A subset of Phl-producing fluorescent
Pseudomonas strains, which can additionally synthesize the antimicrobial compound pyoluteorin (Plt), appears to cluster separately from other fluorescent
Pseudomonas spp. based on 16S rRNA gene analysis and shares at most 98.4% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with any other
Pseudomonas species. In this study, a polyphasic approach based on molecular and phenotypic methods was used to clarify the taxonomy of representative Phl
+ Plt
+ strains isolated from tobacco, cotton or wheat on different continents. Phl
+ Plt
+ strains clustered separately from their nearest phylogenetic neighbors (i.e. species from the ‘
P. syringae’, ‘
P. fluorescens’ and ‘
P. chlororaphis’ species complexes) based on
rpoB,
rpoD or
gyrB phylogenies. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments clarified that Phl
+ Plt
+ strains formed a tight genomospecies that was distinct from
P. syringae,
P. fluorescens, or
P. chlororaphis type strains. Within Phl
+ strains, the Phl
+ Plt
+ strains were differentiated from other biocontrol fluorescent
Pseudomonas strains that produced Phl but not Plt, based on phenotypic and molecular data. Discriminative phenotypic characters were also identified by numerical taxonomic analysis and siderotyping. Altogether, this polyphasic approach supported the conclusion that Phl
+ Plt
+ fluorescent
Pseudomonas strains belonged to a novel species for which the name
Pseudomonas protegens is proposed, with CHA0
T (=CFBP 6595
T, =DSM 19095
T) as the type strain. |
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ISSN: | 0723-2020 1618-0984 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.10.005 |