Prey range characterization, ribotyping, and diversity of soil and rhizosphere Bdellovibrio spp. isolated on phytopathogenic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2365-2371

  Jurkevitch, E ^a   Minz, D ^b   Ramati, Barak ^a   Barel, Gili ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

MICROORGANISM; RHIZOSPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BDELLOVIBRIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BDELLOVIBRIO; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOVORAX STARRII; BACTERIOVORAX STOLPII; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; ERWINIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA;

EID: 0034096996     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2365-2371.2000     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Amann, R., J. Snaidr, M. Wagner, W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1996. In situ visualization of high genetic diversity in a natural microbial community. J. Bacteriol. 178:3495-3500.
2. Baer, M. L., J. Ravel, J. Chun, R. T. Hill, and W. N. Williams. 2000. A proposal for the reclassification of Bdellovibrio stolpii and Bdellovibrio starrii into a new genus, Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50:219-224.
3. Carison, R. W., B. Rheus, T. B. Chen, U. R. Bhat, and K. D. Noel. 1995. Lipopolysaccharide core structures in Rhizobium etli and mutants deficient in O antigen. J. Biol. Chem. 270:11785-11788.
4. Cotter, T. W., and M. F. Thomashow. 1992. Identification of a Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus genetic locus, hit, associated with the host-independent phenotype. J. Bacteriol. 174:6018-6024.
5. Curl, E. A., and B. Truelove. 1986. The rhizosphere. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
6. Donze, D., J. A. Mayo, and D. L. Diedrich. 1991. Relationship among bdellovibrios revealed by partial sequences of 16S ribosomal RNA. Curr. Microbiol. 23:115-119.
7. Duineveld, B. M., A. S. Rosado, J. D. van Elsas, and J. A. van Veen. 1998. Analysis of the dynamics of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of the chrysanthemum via denaturating gradient gel electrophoresis and substrate utilization pattern. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:4950-4957.
8. Elsharif, M., and F. Grosman. 1996. Role of biotic factors in the control of soil-borne fungi by fluorescent pseudomonads. Microbiol. Res. 151:351-357.
9. Epton, H. A. S., N. M. Walker, and D. C. Sigee. 1989. Bdellovibrio: a potential control agent for soft rot and black leg of potato, p. 207-212. In Z. Klement (ed.), Plant pathogenic bacteria. Akademia Kiado, Budapest, Hungary.
10. Germinda, J. J. 1987. Isolation of Bdellovibrio spp. that prey on Azospirillum brasilense in soil. Can. J. Microbiol. 33:459-461.
11. Jurkevitch, E., and B. Ramati. 2000. Design and uses of a Bdellovibrio 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 184:265-271.
12. Kannenberg, E. L., B. L. Reuhs, L. S. Forsberg, and R. W. Carlson. 1998. Lipopolysaccharides and K-antigens: their structures, biosynthesis and functions, p. 119-154. In H. P. Spaink, A. Kondorosi, and P. J. J. Hooykaas (ed.). The Rhizobiaceae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
13. Kelley, J. L., B. F. Turng, H. N. Williams, and M. L. Baier. 1997. Effect of temperature, salinity, and substrate on the colonization of surfaces in situ by aquatic bdellovibrios. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:84-90.
14. Kim, J.-S., M. Sakai, A. Hosoda, and T. Matsuguchi. 1999. Application of DGGE analysis to the study of bacterial community structure in plant roots and in nonrhizosphere soil. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 45:493-497.
15. Koval, S. F., and M. E. Bayer. 1997. Bacterial capsules: no barrier against bdellovibrio. Microbiology 143:749-753.
16. Maidak, B. L., J. R. Cole, C. T. Parker, Jr., G. M. Garrity, N. Larsen, B. Li, T. G. Lilburn, M. J. McCaughey, G. J. Olsen, R. Overbeek, S. Pramanik, T. M. Schmidt, J. M. Tiedje, and C. R. Woese. 1999. A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Res. 27:171-173.
17. Maloney, P. E., A. H. C. van Bruggen, and S. Hu. 1997. Bacterial community structure in relation to the carbon environment in lettuce and tomato rhizospheres and in hulk soil. Microb. Ecol. 34:109-117.
18. Marchesi, J. R., T. Sato, A. J. Weightman, T. A. Martin, J. C. Fry, S. J. Hiom, and W. G. Wade. 1998. Design and evaluation of useful bacterium-specific PCR primers that amplify genes coding for bacterial 16S rRNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:795-799.
19. Markelova, N. Y., and A. S. Kerzhentsev. 1998. Isolation of a new strain of the genus Bdellovibrio from plant rhizosphere and its lytic spectrum. Microbiology (Engl. Trans. Mikrobiologiya) 67:837-841.
20. Rice, T. D., H. N. Williams, and B. F. Tung. 1998. Susceptibility of bacteria in estuarine environments to autochthonous bdellovibrios. Microb. Ecol. 35: 256-264.
21. Rittenberg, S. C. 1972. Nonidentity of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus strains 109D and 109J. J. Bacteriol. 109:432-433.
22. Ruby, E. G. 1991. The genus Bdellovibrio, p. 3400-3415. In A. Balows, H. G. Truper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder, and K. H. Schleifer (ed.), The prokaryotes, 2nd ed. Springer Verlag, New York, N. Y.
23. Seidler, R. J., M. Mandel, and J. N. Baptist. 1972. Molecular heterogeneity of the bdellovibrios: evidence of two new species. J. Bacteriol. 109:209-217.
24. Seidler, R. J., and M. Starr. 1969. Isolation and characterization of host-independent bdellovibrios. J. Bacteriol. 100:769-785.
25. Stolp, H., and M. P. Starr. 1963. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus gen. et sp. n., a predatory, ectoparasitic, and bacteriolytic microorganism. Antonie Leeuwenhoek 29:217-248.
26. Torrella, F., R. Guerrero, and R. J. Seidler. 1978. Further taxonomic characterization of the genus Bdellovibrio. Can. J. Microbiol. 24:1387-1394.
27. Tsai, Y. L., and B. H. Olson. 1991. Rapid method for separation of DNA from soil and sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:1070-1074.
28. Uemalsu, T. 1980. Ecology of Bdellovibrio parasitic to rice bacterial leaf blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae. Rev. Plant Prot. Res. 13:12-26.
29. Varon, M., and M. Shilo. 1980. Ecology of aquatic bdellovibrios, p. 1-48. In Advances in aquatic microbiology, vol. 2. Academic Press, New York, N.Y.
30. Varon, M., and M. Shilo. 1970. Methods for separation of Bdellovibrio from mixed bacterial population by filtration through Millipore filters or by gradient differential centrifugation. Rev. Int. Oceanogr. Med. 18-19:145-152.
31. Williams, H. M., A. J. Scheoffield, D. Guether, J. Kelley, D. Shah, and W. A. Falker, Jr. 1995. Recovery of bdellovibrios from submerged surfaces and other aquatic habitats. Microb. Ecol. 29:39-48.
32. Woese, C. R. 1987. Bacterial evolution. Microbiol. Rev. 51:221-271.