Rhizobium symbiotic genes required for nodulation of legume and nonlegume hosts

AUTOR(ES)

Marvel, Deborah J.

RESUMO

Parasponia, a woody member of the elm family, is the only nonlegume genus whose members are known to form an effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Bradyrhizobium or Rhizobium species. The Bradyrhizobium strain Rp501, isolated from Parasponia nodules, also nodulates the legumes siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). To test whether some of the same genes are involved in the early stages of legume and nonlegume nodulation, we generated transposon Tn5 insertions in the region of three evolutionarily conserved genes (nodA, nodB, and nodC) required for legume nodulation in several Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium species. Assays of these mutant Rp501 strains on legume hosts and Parasponia seedlings established that nodABC are required for nodulation of legume and nonlegume hosts, indicating that nonlegumes and legumes can respond to the same bacterial signal(s). In addition, a strain carrying a Tn5 insertion adjacent to the nodABC genes vigorously nodulated Rp501 legume hosts but was incapable of nodulating Parasponia, possibly identifying a nonlegume-specific nodulation function.

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