ABSTRACT
We have isolated from plant surfaces several bacteria with the ability to catabolize indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). One of them, isolate 1290, was able to utilize IAA as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. The strain was identified by its 16S rRNA sequence as
Pseudomonas putida
. Activity of the enzyme catechol 1,2-dioxygenase was induced during growth on IAA, suggesting that catechol is an intermediate of the IAA catabolic pathway. This was in agreement with the observation that the oxygen uptake by IAA-grown
P. putida
1290 cells was elevated in response to the addition of catechol. The inability of a
catR
mutant of
P. putida
1290 to grow at the expense of IAA also suggests a central role for catechol as an intermediate in IAA metabolism. Besides being able to destroy IAA, strain 1290 was also capable of producing IAA in media supplemented with tryptophan. In root elongation assays,
P. putida
strain 1290 completely abolished the inhibitory effect of exogenous IAA on the elongation of radish roots. In fact, coinoculation of roots with
P. putida
1290 and 1 mM concentration of IAA had a positive effect on root development. In coinoculation experiments on radish roots, strain 1290 was only partially able to alleviate the inhibitory effect of bacteria that in culture overproduce IAA. Our findings imply a biological role for strain 1290 as a sink or recycler of IAA in its association with plants and plant-associated bacteria.
摘要
我们从植物表面分离出了几种具有分解吲哚-3-乙酸(IAA)能力的细菌。其中一株分离菌株 1290 能够利用 IAA 作为唯一的碳、氮和能量来源。该菌株的 16S rRNA 序列被鉴定为
假单胞菌
.儿茶酚 1,2-二加氧酶的活性在 IAA 生长过程中被诱导,表明儿茶酚是 IAA 分解途径的中间产物。这与观察到的情况一致,即生长在 IAA 上的 P.
P. putida
1290 细胞的摄氧量随儿茶酚的添加而增加。不能通过
catR
突变体
P. putida
1290 的 catR 突变体不能以 IAA 为代价生长,这也表明儿茶酚在 IAA 代谢中起着中间作用。除了能破坏 IAA 外,菌株 1290 还能在添加色氨酸的培养基中产生 IAA。在根的伸长试验中
P. putida
菌株 1290 完全消除了外源 IAA 对萝卜根伸长的抑制作用。事实上,将根与
P. putida
1290 和 1 mM 浓度的 IAA 对根的发育有积极影响。在萝卜根的共同接种实验中,菌株 1290 只能部分缓解培养物中过量产生 IAA 的细菌的抑制作用。我们的研究结果表明,菌株 1290 在与植物和植物相关细菌的关系中扮演着 IAA 吸收池或回收器的生物学角色。