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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

Sfp-type PPTase inactivation promotes bacterial biofilm formation and ability to enhance wheat drought tolerance.

Salme Timmusk, Seong-Bin Kim, Eviatar Nevo, Islam Abd El Daim, Bo Ek, Jonas Bergquist, Lawrence Behers

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Salme TimmuskDepartment of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden.
Seong-Bin KimDepartment of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden.
Eviatar NevoInstitute of Evolution, Haifa University Haifa, Israel.
Islam Abd El DaimDepartment of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden.
Bo EkDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden.
Jonas BergquistDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden.
Lawrence BehersNova West Technologies & Communications Tucson, AZ, USA.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SEUppsala University · SEUniversity of Haifa · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paenibacillus polymyxa is a common soil bacterium with broad range of practical applications. An important group of secondary metabolites in P. polymyxa are non-ribosomal peptide and polyketide derived metabolites (NRPs/PKs). Modular non-ribosomal peptide synthetases catalyze main steps in the biosynthesis of the complex secondary metabolites. Here we report on the inactivation of an A26 Sfp-type 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (Sfp-type PPTase). The inactivation of the gene resulted in loss of NRPs/PKs production. In contrast to the former Bacillus spp. model the mutant strain compared to wild type showed greatly enhanced biofilm formation ability. A26Δsfp biofilm promotion is directly mediated by NRPs/PKs, as exogenous addition of the wild type metabolite extracts restores its biofilm formation level. Wheat inoculation with bacteria that had lost their Sfp-type PPTase gene resulted in two times higher plant survival and about three times increased biomass under severe drought stress compared to wild type. Challenges with P. polymyxa genetic manipulation are discussed.

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Evolution Canyonnatural isolate genetic manipulationPaenibacillus polymyxaplant drought tolerancerhizobacterial biofilmSfp-type PPTase

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PMID26052312
PMCPMC4439574
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