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2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqiong Zhu ◽  
Huixin Chen ◽  
Lijun Zhao ◽  
Weixin Jiang

To understand the morphological and structural characteristics of root nodules in Podocarpus macrophyllus and their development, this study prepared P. macrophyllus root nodule samples at the young, mature, and senescent stages. Optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that new nodules can be formed on roots and senescent nodules; new nodules formed on the roots are nearly spherical and have an internal structure similar to finite nodules; new nodules on senescent nodules are formed by extension and differentiation of the vascular cylinder of the original nodules; and these new nodules are nested at the base of the original nodules, which create growth space for new nodules by dissociating the cortical tissue; clusters of nodules are formed after extensive accumulation, and the growth pattern is similar to that of infinite nodules; the symbiotic bacteria of P. macrophyllus root nodules mainly invade from the epidermal intercellular space of the roots and migrate along the intercellular space of the nodule cortex; infected nodule cortex cells have a well-developed inner membrane system and enlarged and loose nuclei; and unique Frankia vesicles, and rhizobia cysts, and bacteriophages can all develop. Compared with common leguminous and nonleguminous plant nodules, P. macrophyllus root nodules are more complex in morphology, structure and composition. From the perspective of plant system evolution, the rhizobium nodules in leguminous angiosperms and Frankia nodules in nonleguminous angiosperms are most likely two branches derived from the nodules in gymnosperms, such as P. macrophyllus. The conclusions of this study can provide a theoretical basis for the developmental biology of P. macrophyllus root nodules and the evolutionary pattern of plant symbionts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali ◽  
Long Miao ◽  
Qiuqiang Hou ◽  
Doaa B. Darwish ◽  
Salma Saleh Alrdahe ◽  
...  

In legumes, many endogenous and environmental factors affect root nodule formation through several key genes, and the regulation details of the nodulation signaling pathway are yet to be fully understood. This study investigated the potential roles of terpenoids and terpene biosynthesis genes on root nodule formation in Glycine max. We characterized six terpenoid synthesis genes from Salvia officinalis by overexpressing SoTPS6, SoNEOD, SoLINS, SoSABS, SoGPS, and SoCINS in soybean hairy roots and evaluating root growth and nodulation, and the expression of strigolactone (SL) biosynthesis and early nodulation genes. Interestingly, overexpression of some of the terpenoid and terpene genes increased nodule numbers, nodule and root fresh weight, and root length, while others inhibited these phenotypes. These results suggest the potential effects of terpenoids and terpene synthesis genes on soybean root growth and nodulation. This study provides novel insights into epistatic interactions between terpenoids, root development, and nodulation in soybean root biology and open new avenues for soybean research.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indrani Sarkat ◽  
Gargi Sen ◽  
S Bhattacharyya ◽  
Maher Gtari ◽  
Arnab Sen

Abstract Microbes live in a complex communal ecosystem. The structural complexity of microbial community reflects diversity, functionality as well as habitat type. Delineation of ecologically important microbial populations along with exploration of their roles in environmental adaptation or host-microbe interaction has a crucial role in modern microbiology. In this scenario, reverse ecology (the use of genomics to study ecology) plays a pivotal role. Some studies have reported the presence of other non-Frankia genus from the same root nodule from where the Frankia was isolated. Since co-existance of two different genus in one small niche should maintain a strict direct interaction, it will be interesting to utilize the concept of reverse ecology in this scenario.Here, we exploited an ‘R’ package, the RevEcoR, to resolve the issue of co-existing microbes which are proven to be a crucial tool for identifying the nature of their relationship (competition or complementation) persisting among them. Our target organism here is Frankia, a nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium popular for its genetic and host specificity nature. According to their plant host, Frankia has already been subdivided into four clusters CI, CII, CIII and CIV. Our results revealed a strong competing nature of CI Frankia. The competition index between CI and CIII was greater than other studied Frankia clusters. The other interesting result was the co-occurrence of C-II and C-IV groups. It was revealed that these two groups follow the theory of resource partitioning in their lifestyle. Metabolic analysis along with their differential transporter machinery validated our hypothesis of resource partitioning among C-II and C-IV group.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo ◽  
Ethan A. Humm ◽  
David W. Still ◽  
Baochen Shi ◽  
Matteo Pellegrini ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengdi Fu ◽  
Jiafeng Sun ◽  
Xiaolin Li ◽  
Yuefeng Guan ◽  
Fang Xie

Abstract Nodule Inception (NIN) is one of the most important root nodule symbiotic genes as it is required for both infection and nodule organogenesis in legumes. Unlike most legumes with a sole NIN gene, there are four putative orthologous NIN genes in soybean (Glycine max). Whether and how these NIN genes contribute to soybean-rhizobia symbiotic interaction remain unknown. In this study, we found that all four GmNIN genes are induced by rhizobia and that conserved CE and CYC binding motifs in their promoter regions are required for their expression in the nodule formation process. By generation of multiplex Gmnin mutants, we found that the Gmnin1a nin2a nin2b triple mutant and Gmnin1a nin1b nin2a nin2b quadruple mutant displayed similar defects in rhizobia infection and root nodule formation, Gmnin2a nin2b produced fewer nodules but displayed a hyper infection phenotype compared to wild type, while the Gmnin1a nin1b double mutant nodulated similar to wild type. Overexpression of GmNIN1a, GmNIN1b, GmNIN2a, and GmNIN2b reduced nodule numbers after rhizobia inoculation, with GmNIN1b overexpression having the weakest effect. In addition, overexpression of GmNIN1a, GmNIN2a, or GmNIN2b, but not GmNIN1b, produced malformed pseudo-nodule-like structures without rhizobia inoculation. In conclusion, GmNIN1a, GmNIN2a, and GmNIN2b play functionally redundant yet complicated roles in soybean nodulation. GmNIN1b, although expressed at a comparable level with the other homologs, plays a minor role in root nodule symbiosis. Our work provides insight into the understanding of the asymmetrically redundant function of GmNIN genes in soybean.


2021 ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Narayanasamy Marappa ◽  
Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai ◽  
Thajuddin Nooruddin
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Author(s):  
О.Н. ШЕМШУРА ◽  
Ж.Б. СУЛЕЙМЕНОВА ◽  
Ж.К. РАХМЕТОВА ◽  
Ж.Н. ШЕМШЕЕВА ◽  
Э.Т. ИСМАИЛОВА

В статье приведены результаты исследования биосовместимости мутантных штаммов клубеньковых и PGPR бактерий (ризобактерий) с целью их совместного применения для культур маша и фасоли. По результатам проведенных исследований определены штаммы, проявившие контактную прогрессию и нейтралитет - Pseudomonas putidaМ-1 и Phyllobacterium sp. 35М; штаммы Bacillus subtilis М-2 и Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae 1М оказались наиболее перспективными в отношении совместного культивирования.Таким образом, подобраны консорциумы на основе мутантных штаммов азотфиксирующих и ростостимулирующих бактерий Pseudomonas putida М-1 и Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae для растений маша и Bacillus subtilis М-2 и Phyllobacterium sp. 35М - для растений фасоли. Полученные результаты открывают возможность комбинирования мутантных штаммов PGPR с ростостимулирующей активностью (Pseudomonas putida М-1, Bacillus subtilis М-2) и клубеньковыхбактерий (Phyllobacterium sp. 35М, Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae) с азотфиксирующей активностью с целью получения на их основе биопрепарата с сочетанными свойствами. The article presents the results of a study of the biocompatibility of mutant strains of nodule and PGPR bacteria with the aim of their combined use for mung bean and beans. According to the results of the studies, the strains that showed contact progression and neutrality were identified - Pseudomonas putida M-1 and Phyllobacterium sp. 35M; strains Bacillus subtilis M-2 and Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae 1M proved to be the most promising for co-cultivation. Thus, consortia were selected based on mutant strains of nitrogen-fixing and growth-stimulating bacteria Pseudomonas putida M-1 and Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae for mung bean and Bacillus subtilis M-2 and Phyllobacterium sp.35M for bean plants. The results obtained open up the possibility of combining mutant PGPR strains with growth-stimulating activity (Pseudomonas putida M-1, Bacillus subtilis M-2) and nodule bacteria with nitrogen-fixing activity (Phyllobacterium sp. 35M, Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae) in order to obtain a biological product with combined properties on their basis.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengdi Fu ◽  
Jiafeng Sun ◽  
Xiaolin Li ◽  
Yuefeng Guan ◽  
Fang Xie

NIN is one of the most important root nodule symbiotic genes as it is required for both infection and nodule organogenesis in legume. Unlike most legumes with a sole NIN gene, there are four putative NIN genes in soybean (Glycine max). Whether and how these orthologs NIN genes contribute to soybean-rhizobia symbiotic interaction remain unknown. In this study, we found that all four GmNIN genes are induced by rhizobia, and that conserved CE and CYC binding motifs in their promoter regions are required for their expression in the nodule formation process. By generation of multiplex Gmnin mutants, we found that Gmnin1a nin2a nin2b triple mutant and Gmnin1a nin1b nin2a nin2b quadruple mutant displayed similar defects in rhizobia infection and root nodule formation, Gmnin2a nin2b produced less nodules but displayed hyper infection phenotype than wild type, while a Gmnin1a nin1b double mutant nodulated as wild type. Overexpression of GmNIN1a, GmNIN1b, GmNIN2a, and GmNIN2b reduced nodule numbers after rhizobia inoculation, with GmNIN1b overexpression having the weakest effect. In addition, overexpression of GmNIN1a, GmNIN2a, or GmNIN2b, but not GmNIN1b, produced malformed pseudo-nodule like structures without rhizobia inoculation. In conclusion, GmNIN1a, GmNIN2a and GmNIN2b play functionally redundant yet complicated roles for soybean nodulation. GmNIN1b, although is expressed at comparable level with other homologs, plays a minor role in root nodule symbiosis. Our work provides insight into the understanding of asymmetrically redundant function of GmNIN genes in soybean.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Schindler ◽  
Lena Fragner ◽  
Johannes B. Herpell ◽  
Andreas Berger ◽  
Martin Brenner ◽  
...  

Root-microbe interaction and its specialized root nodule structures and functions are well studied. In contrast, leaf nodules harboring microbial endophytes in special glandular leaf structures have only recently gained increased interest as plant-microbe phyllosphere interactions. Here, we applied a comprehensive metabolomics platform in combination with natural product isolation and characterization to dissect leaf and leaf nodule metabolism and functions in Ardisia crenata (Primulaceae) and Psychotria punctata (Rubiaceae). The results indicate that abiotic stress resilience plays an important part within the leaf nodule symbiosis of both species. Both species showed metabolic signatures of enhanced nitrogen assimilation/dissimilation pattern and increased polyamine levels in nodules compared to leaf lamina tissue potentially involved in senescence processes and photosynthesis. Multiple links to cytokinin and REDOX-active pathways were found. Our results further demonstrate that secondary metabolite production by endophytes is a key feature of this symbiotic system. Multiple anhydromuropeptides (AhMP) and their derivatives were identified as highly characteristic biomarkers for nodulation within both species. A novel epicatechin derivative was structurally elucidated with NMR and shown to be enriched within the leaf nodules of A. crenata. This enrichment within nodulated tissues was also observed for catechin and other flavonoids indicating that flavonoid metabolism may play an important role for leaf nodule symbiosis of A. crenata. In contrast, pavettamine was only detected in P. punctata and showed no nodule specific enrichment but a developmental effect. Further natural products were detected, including three putative unknown depsipeptide structures in A. crenata leaf nodules. The analysis presents a first metabolomics reference data set for the intimate interaction of microbes and plants in leaf nodules, reveals novel metabolic processes of plant-microbe interaction as well as the potential of natural product discovery in these systems.


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