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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2023

Herbicolin A production and its modulation by quorum sensing in a Pantoea agglomerans rhizobacterium bioactive against a broad spectrum of plant-pathogenic fungi.

Miguel A Matilla, Terry J Evans, Jesús Martín, Zulema Udaondo, Cristina Lomas-Martínez, Míriam Rico-Jiménez, Fernando Reyes, George P C Salmond

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Miguel A MatillaDepartment of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8468-9604
Terry J EvansDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8976-5197
Jesús MartínFundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Granada, Spain.
Zulema UdaondoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3445-6842
Cristina Lomas-MartínezDepartment of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain.
Míriam Rico-JiménezDepartment of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain.
Fernando ReyesFundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1607-5106
George P C SalmondDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5197-2198
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESFundación Medina · ESUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N008081/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global population growth makes it necessary to increase agricultural production yields. However, climate change impacts and diseases caused by plant pathogens are challenging modern agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternatives to the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The plant microbiota plays an essential role in plant nutrition and health, and offers enormous potential to meet future challenges of agriculture. In this context, here we characterized the antifungal properties of the rhizosphere bacterium Pantoea agglomerans 9Rz4, which is active against a broad spectrum of plant pathogenic fungi. Chemical analyses revealed that strain 9Rz4 produces the antifungal herbicolin A and its biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and characterized. We found that the only acyl-homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing system of 9Rz4 modulates herbicolin A gene cluster expression. No role of plasmid carriage in the production of herbicolin A was observed. Plant assays revealed that herbicolin A biosynthesis does not affect the root colonization ability of P. agglomerans 9Rz4. Current legislative restrictions are aimed at reducing the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture, and the results derived from this study may lay the foundations for the development of novel biopesticides from rhizosphere microorganisms.

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PantoeaPesticidesAntifungal AgentsFungiOligopeptidesQuorum SensingAntifungal Agentsherbicolin AOligopeptidesPesticides

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PMID36528875
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