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ArticleBiology open2016

New SigD-regulated genes identified in the rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.

Ben Fan, Yu-Long Li, Aruljothi Mariappan, Anke Becker, Xiao-Qin Wu, Rainer Borriss

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Article in Biology open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ben FanCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8532-1281
Yu-Long LiCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
Aruljothi MariappanInstitut für Biologie/Bakteriengenetik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin D-10115, Germany.
Anke BeckerLOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg an der Lahn, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35037, Germany.
Xiao-Qin WuCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China xqwu2015@gmail.com rainer.borriss@rz.hu-berlin.de.
Rainer BorrissInstitut für Biologie/Bakteriengenetik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin D-10115, Germany xqwu2015@gmail.com rainer.borriss@rz.hu-berlin.de.
Nanjing Forestry University · CNHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The alternative sigma factor D is known to be involved in at least three biological processes in Bacilli: flagellin synthesis, methyl-accepting chemotaxis and autolysin synthesis. Although many Bacillus genes have been identified as SigD regulon, the list may be not be complete. With microarray-based systemic screening, we found a set of genes downregulated in the sigD knockout mutant of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum FZB42. Eight genes (appA, blsA, dhaS, spoVG, yqgA, RBAM_004640, RBAM_018080 and ytk) were further confirmed by quantitative PCR and/or northern blot to be controlled by SigD at the transcriptional level. These genes are hitherto not reported to be controlled by SigD. Among them, four genes are of unknown function and two genes (RBAM_004640 and RBAM_018080), absent in the model strain B. subtilis 168, are unique to B. amyloliquefaciens stains. The eight genes are involved in sporulation, biofilm formation, metabolite transport and several other functions. These findings extend our knowledge of the regulatory network governed by SigD in Bacillus and will further help to decipher the roles of the genes.

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Bacillus amyloliquefaciensFZB42MicroarrayNon-isotopic northern blotSigDSigma factorSoil extract

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PMID27797724
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