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1 Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Landscape Matter Dynamics, Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
2 DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
3 Département Microorganismes, Génomes, Environnement, Université Louis-Pasteur-CNRS, UMR 7156, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
Correspondence
Undine Behrendt
ubehrendt{at}zalf.de
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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Pseudomonas lurida sp. nov. P 513/18T is AJ581999.
| INTRODUCTION |
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Fluorescent pseudomonads form a considerable part of the microbial community in the phyllosphere of plants. Through their interactions, they influence plant growth in different ways (Bailey, 2004
; Walsh et al., 2001
) and thus are the object of many studies. In the phyllosphere of grasses on fenland, the community of pseudomonads was shown to be influenced by the intensity of management (Behrendt, 2001
). In this context, a group of grass isolates was found to display the phenotypic features of fluorescent pseudomonads while phylogenetic analyses of selected strains suggested that they represented a novel species. As a consequence, an extensive study was performed to clarify the taxonomic affiliation of these novel isolates from grass.
Phylogenetic analysis
A representative strain, P 513/18T, was chosen from a subset of three phenotypically similar pseudomonads (P 513/18T, P 239/01 and P 240/09) for the 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison. Sequence analysis was performed as described by Behrendt et al. (2003)
. The closest phylogenetic neighbour as determined by a binary sequence comparison was Pseudomonas costantinii with a similarity of 99.9 %, followed by Pseudomonas trivialis and Pseudomonas poae, displaying 99.7 and 99.8 % similarity, respectively.
All recognized species of the genus Pseudomonas were included in the sequence comparison (except for Pseudomonas gelidicola for which no 16S rRNA gene sequence was available). Strain P 513/18T clustered at a branch that corresponds to the Pseudomonas fluorescens group of Anzai et al. (2000)
. Species that were found to be highly related to strain P 513/18T were selected for more detailed phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 1
). Sequences were aligned using the CLUSTAL_X algorithm (Thompson et al., 1997
). Phylogenetic trees, based on 1379 nt (Escherichia coli position 931467), were constructed using the neighbour-joining (Saitou & Nei, 1987
) and maximum-likelihood (Felsenstein, 1981
) algorithms (PHYLIP version 3.6; Felsenstein, 1993
). As shown in Fig. 1
, Pseudomonas species found clustering next to strain P 513/18T in the neighbour-joining method also had the same arrangement in the maximum-likelihood algorithm. The separate clustering of novel isolate P 513/18T and the closest phylogenetic neighbour P. costantinii was supported by a relatively high bootstrap value (75).
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Phenotypic analysis
Morphological and physiological characterization of the novel isolates was performed as described in Behrendt et al. (1999)
. Type strains of phenotypically related species that share positive oxidase and arginine dihydrolase reactions (Table 1
) were also included in the study. An extensive investigation of the carbon substrate assimilation was conducted using Biotype 100 strips (bioMérieux) and Biolog GN MicroPlates (MicroLog System) as recommended by the manufacturers. Results were read after 48 h incubation at 30 °C.
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-L-rhamnose, i-erythritol, 5-keto-D-gluconate and histamine are the only effective features for distinguishing these species. In contrast, many differences were revealed between the novel grass isolates and P. extremorientalis, the species that showed the most similar ribopattern. As shown in Table 1
-L-rhamnose. Moreover, according to the characteristics of P. extremorientalis as described by Ivanova et al. (2002)
-D-glucose, L-histidine, lactulose, maltose, D-psicose, L-rhamnose, turanose, thymidine, putrescine, DL-
-glycerol phosphate and glucose 1-phosphate are additional features that can be used to distinguish this species from the novel isolates.
Another approach for phenotypic characterization that has been shown to be a powerful method for taxonomic studies of the pseudomonads is siderotyping (Meyer et al., 2002
; Meyer & Geoffroy, 2004
). The pyoverdine production of the novel isolates was compared with that of related fluorescent species. Cultures for pyoverdine production and the electrophoretic characterization of the pyoverdine isoforms that accumulated in the growth media were performed according to Meyer et al. (1998)
, with the exception of the isoelectric pH (pI) values which were determined using an internal standard made from a mixture of pyoverdines with defined pI values, as described in Fuchs et al. (2001)
. The purification of pyoverdines with the XAD chromatographic procedure and their use in pyoverdine-mediated 59Fe uptake were performed as described previously (Meyer et al., 1998
). The novel isolates revealed two different pyoverdine-isoelectrofocusing (PVD-IEF) patterns. Strains P 513/18T and P 240/09 displayed an identical PVD-IEF pattern with two isoform bands at pI 8.3 and 7.2, respectively, while the pyoverdine of strain P 239/01 was characterized by three isoforms at pI 8.2, 8.1 and 7.2. This heterogeneity was confirmed by studying the pyoverdine-mediated iron-uptake capacity of the isolates. Strain P 513/18T was able to incorporate the pyoverdine of strain P 240/09 at the same efficiency as its own pyoverdine. The same was found for the reciprocal test. In contrast, a much weaker incorporation (10 to 30 % efficiency compared with the homologous system) was observed when the pyoverdine of strain P 239/01 was tested on the two other strains or when strain P 239/01 was tested with the pyoverdine of strains P 513/18T or P 240/09. In addition, the testing of a collection of structurally known pyoverdines as iron transporters revealed that strain P 513/18T was able to use the pyoverdine of strain Pseudomonas sp. CFML 95-275 at 100 % efficiency, while strain P 239/01 recognized the pyoverdine of strain Pseudomonas sp. CFML 96-318 as efficiently as its own (data not shown). The comparisons were also valid for the respective PVD-IEF patterns of these strains, strongly suggesting that strains P 513/18T and P 240/09 produce a pyoverdine identical to PVD (95-275) and that strain P 239/01 produces a pyoverdine identical to PVD (96-318). Interestingly, the structures of these two pyoverdines, Ser-Orn-FOHOrn-Ser-Ser-(Lys-Ser-FOHOrn) for PVD (96-318) (Schlegel et al., 2001
) and Ser-Ser-FOHOrn-Ser-Ser-(Lys-Ser-Lys-FOHOrn) for PVD (95-275) (Sultana et al., 2000
), reveal strong similarities with the common motif FOHOrn-Ser-Ser in the linear part of the peptides and three common amino acids (Lys, Ser and FOHOrn) in the cyclic peptidic parts of the pyoverdines. Thus, the pyoverdines that characterize the two siderotypes of the novel grass isolates appear to be structurally related, a feature that could explain the partial cross-reactivity shown during the iron uptake studies and also reflects the close phylogenetic relationship established for these strains through ribotyping. The PVD-IEF patterns found for the novel isolates were indeed different from those obtained for the related fluorescent species described in Fig. 2
and the phenotypically similar species shown in Table 1
, thus confirming, together with the uptake studies, that the novel grass isolates display siderotypes not associated with the recognized fluorescent Pseudomonas species. This result was in agreement with the separate species position of the novel isolates that was demonstrated by phylogenetic analysis and biochemical and physiological characterizations. According to this combined evidence, the isolates from the grass phyllosphere represent a novel species, for which the name Pseudomonas lurida sp. nov. is proposed.
Description of Pseudomonas lurida sp. nov.
Pseudomonas lurida (lu'ri.da. L. fem. adj. lurida yellowish, to indicate the yellowgreenish fluorescent pigment of the organism).
Cells are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods that occur as single cells. The whiteyellowish colonies that form on King's A and B medium are smooth with regular margins and produce a pigment showing a light yellowgreen fluorescence by irradiation with UV-light at 350 nm. The optimal growth temperature is 21 °C. At 4 °C growth can be observed, but none of the isolates are able to grow at 41 °C. Cells are motile by means of one polar flagellum. Each strain is positive in tests for catalase, oxidase, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and lecithinase activities and for the hydrolysis of casein. Produces Tween esterase on Tween 60; hydrolysis of Tween 80 is strain dependent. Negative result in tests for the following: hydrolysis of aesculin and starch, formation of levan from sucrose, DNase, production of indole, formation of H2S from sodium thiosulphate, ice nucleation activity, reduction of nitrate to nitrite and denitrification. Results from tests using Biolog GN microplates show that the following substrates are utilized: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, adonitol, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, D-fructose, D-galactose,
-D-glucose, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, D-mannose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, D-trehalose, methyl pyruvate, monomethyl succinate, acetic acid, cis-aconitic acid, citric acid, D-galactonic acid lactone, D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid,
-hydroxybutyric acid, itaconic acid,
-ketoglutaric acid, DL-lactic acid, malonic acid, propionic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, succinic acid, bromosuccinic acid, formic acid, succinamic acid, glucuronamide, L-alaninamide, D-alanine, L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, hydroxy-L-proline, L-leucine, L-ornithine, L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-serine,
-hydroxybutyric acid,
-aminobutyric acid,
-ketobutyric acid,
-ketovaleric acid, urocanic acid, inosine, putrescine, 2-aminoethanol, L-threonine and glycerol. None of the strains assimilate
-cyclodextrin, dextrin, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, i-erythritol, D-cellobiose, L-fucose, gentiobiose,
-D-lactose, lactulose, maltose, D-melibiose, methyl
-D-glucoside, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, D-psicose, D-raffinose, turanose, sebacic acid, L-phenylalanine, thymidine, phenylethylamine, 2,3-butanediol, DL-
-glycerol phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate or glucose 6-phosphate. Utilization of the following substrates is strain-dependent: sucrose, glycogen, xylitol,
-hydroxybutyric acid, glycyl L-aspartic acid, D-serine, DL-carnitine and uridine. Using the Biotype 100-system, tests positive for the utilization of the following additional substrates: D-ribose, L-arabitol, D-xylose, D-lyxose, D-saccharate, mucate, meso-tartrate, D-malate, L-malate, cis-aconitate, trans-aconitate, citrate, D-galacturonate, 2-keto-D-gluconate, D-glucuronate, D-gluconate, protocatechuate, p-hydroxybenzoate, quinate, benzoate, betaine, DL-
-amino-N-butyrate, DL-lactate, caprate, caprylate, succinate, fumarate, glutarate, DL-
-amino-N-valerate, ethanolamine, D-glucosamine, itaconate, DL-
-hydroxybutyrate, L-aspartate, L-glutamate, malonate, propionate, L-tyrosine and
ketoglutarate. None of the strains assimilate L-sorbose, maltotriose, 1-0-methyl-
-galactopyranoside, 1-0-methyl-
-galactopyranoside, D-celloboise, 1-0-methyl-
-D-glucopyranoside, palatinose, D-melezitose, dulcitol, D-tagatose, maltitol, hydroxyquinoline-
-glucuronide, 1-0-methyl-
-D-glucopyranoside, 3-0-methyl-D-glucopyranose, L-tartrate, D-tartrate, tricarballylate, 5-keto-D-gluconate, L-tryptophan, phenylacetate, gentisate, m-hydroxybenzoate, 3-phenylpropionate, m-coumarate, trigonelline, histamine or tryptamine. In contrast to the tests using the Biolog GN microplates, L-histidine was not used. The assimilation of DL-glycerate is strain-dependent.
The type strain, P 513/18T (=DSM 15835T=LMG 21995T), was isolated from the phyllosphere of grasses in Paulinenaue, Germany.
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