The complete genome of Burkholderia phenoliruptrix strain BR3459a, a symbiont of Mimosa flocculosa: highlighting the coexistence of symbiotic and pathogenic genes

BMC Genomics

Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos⁵  Mariangela Hungria¹  Rosangela Straliotto²  José Ivo Baldani²  Sergio Miana de Faria²  Fábio Martins Mercante³  Rangel Celso Souza⁵  Luciane Prioli Ciapina⁵  Fabíola Marques de Carvalho⁵  Claúdio de Oliveira Cunha⁴  Luiz Fernando Goda Zuleta⁵ 

[1] Embrapa Soja, PO Box 231, 86001-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil;Embrapa Agrobiologia, Rodovia BR 465, km 7, 23891-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil;Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste, PO Box 661, 79804-970 Dourados, MS, Brazil;CNPq, SHIS QI 1, Cj B, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, DF, Brazil;Bioinformatics Laboratory, National Laboratory of Scientific Computation, Av. Getúlio Vargas 333, 25651-075 Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil

关键词: Nitrogen-fixing and pathogenic Burkholderia;    Comparative genomics;    Burkholderia phenoliruptrix;   

Others  :  856848
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2164-15-535

 received in 2014-01-23, accepted in 2014-06-05,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Burkholderia species play an important ecological role related to xenobiosis, the promotion of plant growth, the biocontrol of agricultural diseases, and symbiotic and non-symbiotic biological nitrogen fixation. Here, we highlight our study as providing the first complete genome of a symbiotic strain of B. phenoliruptrix, BR3459a (=CLA1), which was originally isolated in Brazil from nodules of Mimosa flocculosa and is effective in fixing nitrogen in association with this leguminous species.

Results

Genomic comparisons with other pathogenic and non-pathogenic Burkholderia strains grouped B. phenoliruptrix BR3459a with plant-associated beneficial and environmental species, although it shares a high percentage of its gene repertoire with species of the B. cepacia complex (Bcc) and "pseudomallei" group. The genomic analyses showed that the bce genes involved in exopolysaccharide production are clustered together in the same genomic region, constituting part of the Group III cluster of non-pathogenic bacteria. Regarding environmental stresses, we highlight genes that might be relevant in responses to osmotic, heat, cold and general stresses. Furthermore, a number of particularly interesting genes involved in the machinery of the T1SS, T2SS, T3SS, T4ASS and T6SS secretion systems were identified. The xenobiotic properties of strain BR3459a were also investigated, and some enzymes involved in the degradation of styrene, nitrotoluene, dioxin, chlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzene and caprolactam were identified. The genomic analyses also revealed a large number of antibiotic-related genes, the most important of which were correlated with streptomycin and novobiocin. The symbiotic plasmid showed high sequence identity with the symbiotic plasmid of B. phymatum. Additionally, comparative analysis of 545 housekeeping genes among pathogenic and non-pathogenic Burkholderia species strongly supports the definition of a new genus for the second branch, which would include BR3459a.

Conclusions

The analyses of B. phenoliruptrix BR3459a showed key property of fixing nitrogen that together with genes for high tolerance to environmental stresses might explain a successful strategy of symbiosis in the tropics. The strain also harbours interesting sets of genes with biotechnological potential. However, the resemblance of certain genes to those of pathogenic Burkholderia raise concerns about large-scale applications in agriculture or for bioremediation.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Zuleta et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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