Lanthanide-dependent isolation of phyllosphere methylotrophs selects for a phylogenetically conserved but metabolically diverse community.

Alekhya M Govindaraju, Colleen A Friel, Nathan M Good, Sidney L Banks, Kenan S Wayne, N Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

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Alekhya M GovindarajuDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4967-3612

Colleen A FrielDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Nathan M GoodDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9490-5913

Sidney L BanksDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Kenan S WayneDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

N Cecilia Martinez-GomezDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4071-7204

University of California, Berkeley · USMichigan State University · US

Funding

Genetic Dissection of Cells and Organisms Training ProgramT32GM132022 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Nicole King, NOAH K WHITEMAN · 2019 to 2026

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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132022

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lanthanides have emerged as important metal cofactors for biological processes. Lanthanide-associated metabolisms are well-studied in leaf symbiont methylotrophic bacteria, which utilize reduced one-carbon compounds such as methanol for growth. Yet, the importance of lanthanides in plant-microbe interactions and on microbial physiology and colonization in plants remains poorly understood. To investigate this, 344 pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs were isolated from soybean leaves by selecting for bacteria capable of methanol oxidation with lanthanide cofactors, but none were obligately lanthanide-dependent. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that all strains were nearly identical to each other and are part of the

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PMID38077020

DOI10.1101/2023.06.28.546956

PMCPMC10705262

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