Assessing the suitability of antibiotic resistance markers and the indirect ELISA technique for studying the competitive ability of selected Cyclopia Vent. rhizobia under glasshouse and field conditions in South Africa

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spriggs, Amy C ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE PENTAHYDRATE; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENT; GREENHOUSE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOPIA (GENUS); GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CYCLOPIA PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68849130661     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-142     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Plants of Southern Africa. T Arnold BC de Wet, National Botanical Institute of South Africa 1994
2. 15N natural abundance method. AC Spriggs WD Stock FD Dakora, Plant and Soil 2003 255 495 502 10.1023/A:1026044831178
3. Contribution of legume nitrogen fixation to sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. FD Dakora SO Keya, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1997 29 809 817 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00225-8
4. Root exudates as mediators of mineral acquisition in low nutrient environments. FD Dakora DA Phillips, Plant and Soil 2002 245 35 47 10.1023/A:1020809400075
5. The significance and application of Rhizobium in agriculture. HL Peterson TE Loynachan, International Review of Cytology 1981 13 311 331
6. Recent advances in inoculant technology and prospects for the future. J Brockwell PJ Bottomley, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1995 27 683 697 10.1016/0038-0717(95)98649-9
7. 2 fixation through plant and soil management. MB Peoples JK Ladha DF Herridge, Plant and Soil 1995 174 83 101 10.1007/BF00032242
8. Symbiotic growth of indigenous white clover (Trifolium repens) with local Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii. MM Svenning O Junttila B Solheim, Physiologia Plantarum 1991 83 381 389 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1991.tb00109.x
9. Techniques for the selection and development of elite inoculant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum in southern Australia. JG Howieson J Malden RJ Yates GW O'Hara, Symbiosis 2000 28 33 48
10. Variation in symbiotic effectiveness of cowpea bradyrhizobia indigenous to Ghanaian soils. JO Fening SKA Danso, Applied Soil Ecology 2002 21 23 29 10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00042-2
11. Competitiveness and persistence of strains of rhizobia for faba bean in acid and alkaline soils. JM Carter JS Tieman AH Gibson, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1995 27 617 623 10.1016/0038-0717(95)98640-A
12. Competitive abilities of common field isolates and a comercial strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii for clover nodule occupancy. MW Denton WG Reeve JC Howieson DR Coventry, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2003 35 1039 1048 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00146-9
13. Can introduced and indigenous rhizobial strains compete for nodule formation by promiscuous soybean in the moist savanna agroecological zone of Nigeria? JA Okogun N Sanginga, Biology and Fertility of Soils 2003 38 26 31 10.1007/s00374-003-0611-8
14. Strain identification in Rhizobium using intrinsic antibiotic resistance. DP Josey JL Beynon AWB Johnston JE Beringer, Journal of Applied Bacteriology 1979 46 343 350
15. Studies on double strain occupancy of nodules and the competitive ability of Rhizobium trifolii on red and white clover grown in soil and agar. DG Jones ESP Bromfield, Annals of Applied Biology 1979 94 51 59
16. Methods of identifying strains of diazotrophs. EA Schwinghamer WF Dudman, Methods for Evaluating Biological Nitrogen Fixation New York: John Wiley, Bergersen FJ, 1980 337 365
17. An assessment of a method based on intrinsic antibiotic resistance for identifying Rhizobium strains. M Stein ESP Bromfield M Dye, Annals of Applied Biology 1982 101 261 267 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1982.tb00821.x
18. Use of intrinsic antibiotic resistance for characterisation and identification of rhizobia from nodules of Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp. and Phaseolus vulgaris (L). FD Dakora, Acta Microbiologica Polonica 1985 34 187 196 2412407
19. Using spontaneous antibiotic-resistant mutants to assess competitiveness of bradyrhizobial inoculants for nodulation of soybean. ME Ramírez DW Israel AG Wollum II, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 1998 44 753 758 10.1139/cjm-44-8-753
20. Correlation between streptomycin resistance and infectiveness in Rhizobium trifolii. I Zelazna-Kowalska, Plant and Soil 1971 special 67 71 10.1007/BF02661839
21. Effectiveness and competitiveness of spontaneous antibiotic-resistant mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum and Rhizobium japonicum. RF Turco TB Moorman DF Bezdicek, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1986 18 259 262 10.1016/0038-0717(86) 90059-3
22. Unaltered nodulation competitiveness of a strain of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lotus) after a decade in soil. HH Lochner BW Strijdom IJ Law, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1989 55 3000 3008
23. Limitations of colony morphology and antibiotic resistance in the identification of a Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lotus) in soil. HH Lochner BW Strijdom PL Steyn, Biology and Fertility of Soils 1991 11 128 134 10.1007/BF00336377
24. Ecological studies of root-nodule bacteria introduced into field environments V: A critical examination of the stability of antigenic and streptomycin-reistant markers for identification of strains of Rhizobium trifolii. J Brockwell EA Schwinghamer RR Gault, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1977 9 19 24 10.1016/0038-0717(77)90056-6
25. Ecological studies of root-nodule bacteria introduced into field environments 6: Antigenic and symbiotic stability in Lotononis rhizobia over a 12-year period. A Diatloff, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1977 9 85 88 10.1016/0038-0717(77)90042-6
26. Colorometric enzyme-limked immunosorbent assay for the idenitification of strains of Rhizobium in culture and in the nodules of lentils. JA Berger SN May LR Berger BB Bohlool, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1979 37 642 646
27. Immunofluorescent detection of Rhizobium japonicum in soils. BB Bohlool EL Schmidt, Soil Science 1970 10 229 236 10.1097/00010694-197010000-00002
28. Competition of Rhizobium japonicum strains in early stages of soybean nodulation. RM Kosslak BB Bohlool S Dowdle MJ Sadowsky, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1983 46 870 873
29. Competitiveness of Kim 5 and Viking 1 bean rhizobia: Strain by cultivar interactions. KL Josephson DP Bourque FA Bliss IL Pepper, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1991 23 249 253 10.1016/0038-0717(91)90060-W
30. Simplified Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Routine Identification of Rhizobium Japonicum Antigens. J Fuhrmann AG Wollum II, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1985 49 1010 1013
31. A modified, highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Rhizobium meliloti strain identification. AM Martensson JG Gustafsson HD Ljunggren, Journal of General Microbiology 1984 130 247 253
32. Nodulation of Glycine max by six Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains with different competitive abilities. GB Smith AG Wollum, Applied Environmental Microbiology 1989 55 1957 1962
33. Competition among Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli strains for nodulation of common bean. MLC George FM Robert, Canadian journal of Microbiology 1992 38 157 160 1521190
34. Persistence of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in arable soils of Argentina. L Brutti E Rivero JCP Basurco M Nicolas L Iriarte N Abbiati H Ljunggren A Martensson, Applied Soil Ecology 1998 10 87 94 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00038-9
35. The Gus reporter-gene system. RA Jefferson, Nature 1989 342 157 160 10.1038/342837a0
36. Molecular biology of bacterial bioluminescence. EA Meighen, Microbiology Reviews 1991 55 123 142
37. Competition for nodule occupancy on Phaseolus vulgaris by Rhizobium etli and Rhizobium tropici strains can be effectively monitored in an utisol during the early stages of growth using a constitutive GUS gene fusion. W Streit L Botero D Werner D Beck, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1995 27 1075 1081 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00003-W
38. New techniques for studying compeition by rhizobia and for assessing nitrogen fixation in the field. KJ Wilson MB Peoples RA Jefferson, Plant and Soil 1995 174 241 253 10.1007/BF00032250
39. Use of marker genes in competition studies of Rhizobium. A Sessitsch G Hardarson WM de Vos KJ Wilson, Plant and Soil 1998 204 35 45 10.1023/A:1004322809676
40. Recovery of DNA from soils and sediments. RJ Steffan J Goksoyr AK Bej RM Atlas, Applied Environmental Microbiology 1988 54 2908 2915
41. Identification in situ and phylogeny of uncultured bacterial endosymbionts. R Armann W Springer W Ludwig HD Gortz, Nature 1991 351 92 96
42. A nodC-lacZ gene fusion in Rhizobium fredii facilitates direct assessment of competition for nodulation of soybean. BH Krishnan SG Pueppke, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 1992 38 515 519
43. Combined subtraction hybridization and polymerase chain reaction amplification procedure for isolation of strain specific Rhizobium DNA sequences. AJ Bjourson CE Stone JE Cooper, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1992 58 2296 2301
44. Detection technology: the key to environmental biotechnology. D McCormick, Biotechnology 1986 4 419 422 10.1038/nbt0586-419
45. Enhanced nitrogen fixation and competitiveness for nodulation of Lotus pedunculatus by a plasmid-cured derivative of Rhizobium loti. CE Pankhurst PE MacDonald JM Reeves, Journal of General Microbiology 1986 132 2321 2328
46. Negative effects of agrocin 84-encoding Agrobacterium plasmids on symbiotic properties of Rhizobium meliloti. IJ Law BW Strijdom, Archives of Microbiology 1989 152 463 467 10.1007/BF00446930
47. Nodulating competitiveness of a non-motile Tn7 mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in non-sterile soil. R Liu VM Tran EL Schmidt, Applied Environmental Microbiology 1989 55 1895 1900
48. Genetic exchange in natural communities. DA Veal HW Stokes D Grant, Advanced Microbiology Ecology 1992 12 383 430
49. Fate and activity of microorganisms introduced into soil. JA van Veen LS van Overbeek JD van Elsas, Microbiology Molecular Biology Reviews 1997 61 121 135
50. Genetic exchange between bacteria and the environment. J Davidson, Plasmid 1999 42 73 91 10.1006/plas.1999.1421 10489325
51. Advances in Rhizobium Research. A Sessitsch JC Howieson X Perret H Antoun E Martinez-Romero, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2002 21 323 378 10.1080/0735-260291044278
52. JM Vincent, A Manual for the Study of Root-Nodule Bacteria. IBP Handbook No. 15 England: Oxford; Blackwell scientific Publications 1970
53. EJ Hewitt, Sand and Water Culture Methods Used in the Study of Plant Nutrition. Technical Communication No. 22 England: Farnham Royal; Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau 1966
54. JH Zar, Biostatistical Analysis New Jersey: Prentice Hall 2 1984 49 52
55. ELISA identification of rhizobium strains by use of enzyme-labelled protein A. B Kishinevsky A Maoz, Current Microbiology 1983 9 45 49 10.1007/BF01567132
56. Nodulation of field-grown Pisum sativum and Vicia faba: Competitiveness of inoculant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae determined by an indirect, competitive ELISA method. J Evans A Gregory N Dobrowolski SG Morris GE O'Connor C Wallace, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1996 28 247 255 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00121-2
57. Diveristy of root-nodulating bacteria associated with Cyclopia species. M Kock, Ph.D Thesis University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Microbiology Department 2003
58. Intrinsic antibiotic resistance in relation to colony morphology in three populations of West African cowpea rhizobia. MJ Sinclair ARJ Eaglesham, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1984 16 247 252 10.1016/0038-0717(84)90009-9
59. Native and inoculated rhizobia isolated from field grown Phaseolus vulgaris: Effects of liming an acid soil on antibiotic resistance. M Lucrecia G Ramos FM Magalhaes RM Boddey, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1987 19 179 185 10.1016/0038-0717(87)90078-2
60. Origins and evolution of antibiotic resistance. J Davies, Microbiologia 1996 12 9 16 9019139
61. Resistance gene transfer in anaerobes: New insights, new problems. AA Salyers NB Shoemaker, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1996 23 36 43
62. Rhizobium strain identification in Arachis hypogaea by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). B Kishinevsky M Bar-Joseph, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 1978 24 1537 1543 747814