March
2015
, Volume
28
, Number
3
Pages
333
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342
Authors
Kasumi Takeuchi,1
Naomi Noda,1
Yuichi Katayose,2
Yoshiyuki Mukai,2
Hisataka Numa,2
Kosumi Yamada,3 and
Nobutaka Someya4
Affiliations
1Division of Plant Sciences and 2Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan; 3Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; and 4Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 9-4 Shinsei-minami, Memuro-cho, Kasai-gun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan
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Two strains of Pseudomonas sp., Os17 and St29, were newly isolated from the rhizosphere of rice and potato, respectively, by screening for 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol producers. These strains were found to be the same species and were the closest to but different from Pseudomonas protegens among the sequenced pseudomonads, based on 16S ribosomal RNA gene and whole-genome analyses. Strain Os17 was as effective a biocontrol agent as reported for P. protegens Cab57, whereas strain St29 was less effective. The whole-genome sequences of these strains were obtained: the genomes are organized into a single circular chromosome with 6,885,464 bp, 63.5% G+C content, and 6,195 coding sequences for strain Os17; and with 6,833,117 bp, 63.3% G+C content, and 6,217 coding sequences for strain St29. Comparative genome analysis of these strains revealed that the complete rhizoxin analog biosynthesis gene cluster (approximately 79 kb) found in the Os17 genome was absent from the St29 genome. In an rzxB mutant, which lacks the polyketide synthase essential for the production of rhizoxin analogs, the growth inhibition activity against fungal and oomycete pathogens and the plant protection efficacy were attenuated compared with those of wild-type Os17. These findings suggest that rhizoxin analogs are important biocontrol factors of this strain.
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