Occurrence of multiple metal-resistance in bacterial isolates associated with transgenic white poplars (Populus alba L.)

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Balestrazzi, Alma ^a   Bonadei, Martina ^a   Quattrini, Emanuele ^b   Carbonera, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf associated bacteria; Multiple metal resistance; Transgenic poplar

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POPULUS ALBA; TETRA;

EID: 69549138569     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175593     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Baker-Austin C., Wright M.S., Stepanauskas R., McArthur J.V. (2006). Co-selection of antibiotic and metal resistance. Trends Microbiol., 14: 176-182.
2. Balestrazzi A., Allegro G., Confalonieri M. (2006). Genetically modified trees expressing genes for insect pest resistance. In: Fladung M., Ewald D., Eds, Tree Transgenesis: Recent Developments, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 253-273.
3. Balestrazzi A., Bonadei M., Carbonera D. (2007). Nucleaseproducing bacteria in soil cultivated with herbicide resistant transgenic white poplars. Ann. Microbiol., 57: 531-536.
4. Balestrazzi A., Bonadei M., Zelasco S., Quattrini E., Calvio C., Galizzi A., Carbonera D. (2008). Recovery of useful traits from isolates inhabiting an agricultural soil cultivated with herbicide-resistant poplars. Can. J. Microbiol., 54: 201-208.
5. Castiglione S., Franchin C., Fossati T., Lingua G., Torrigiani P., Biondi S. (2007). High zinc concentrations reduce rooting capacity and alter metallothionein gene expression in white poplar (Populus alba cv. Villafranca). Chemosphere, 67: 1117-1126.
6. Collins Y.E., Stotzky G. (1989). Factors affecting the toxicity of heavy metals to microbes. In: Beveridge T.J., Doyle R.J., Eds, Metal Ions and Bacteria, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, pp. 31-90.
7. Confalonieri M., Belenghi B., Balestrazzi A., Negri S., Facciotto G., Schenone G., DelleDonne M. (2000). Transformation of elite white poplar (P. alba) cv Villafranca and evaluation of herbicide resistance. Plant Cell Rep., 19: 978-982.
8. Dell'Amico E., Mazzocchi M., Cavalca L., Allievi L., Andreoni V. (2008). Assessment of bacterial community structure in a long-term copper-polluted ex-vineyard soil. Microbiol. Res.,163: 671-683.
9. Diaz-Ravina M., Baath E., Frostegard A. (1994). Multiple heavy metal tolerance of soil bacterial communities and its measurement by a thymidine incorporation technique. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 60: 2238-2247.
10. Duxbury T., Bicknell B. (1983). Metal-tolerant bacterial populations from natural and metal polluted soils. Soil Biol. Biochem., 9: 105-112.
11. Figueira E.M.A.P., Lima A.I.G., Pereira S.I.A. (2005). Cadmium tolerance plasticity in rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae: glutathione as a detoxifying agent. Can. J. Microbiol., 51: 7-14.
12. Giorcelli A., Sparvoli F., Mattivi F., Balestrazzi A., Tava A., Vrhovsek U., Bollini R., Confalonieri M. (2004). Expression of stilbene synthase (StSy) gene from grapevine in transgenic white poplar results in high accumulation of the antioxidant compounds resveratrol glucosides. Trans. Res., 13: 203-214.
13. Gonzalez J.M.Jr, Carlton B.C. (1984). A large transmissable plasmid is required for crystal toxin production in Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis. Plasmid, 11: 28-38.
14. Gordon S.A., Weber R.P. (1951). Colorimetric estimation of indoleacetic acid. Plant Physiol., 26: 192-195.
15. He Z.L., Yang X.E., Stoffella P.J. (2005). Trace elements in agroecosystems and impacts on the environment. J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol., 19: 125-140.
16. Jing Y., He Z., Yang X. (2007). Role of soil rhizobacteria in phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B, 8: 192-207.
17. Kamnev A.A., Tugarova A.V., Antonyuk L.P., Tarantilis P.A., Polissiou M.G., Gardiner P.H. (2005). Effects of heavy metals on plant-associated rhizobacteria: comparison of endophytic and non-endophytic strains of Azospirillum brasilense. J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol., 19: 91-95.
18. Kuffner M., Poschenrieder M., Wieshammer G., Gorfer M., Sessitsch A. (2008). Rhizosphere bacteria affect growth and metal uptake of heavy metal accumulating willows. Plant Soil, 304: 35-44.
19. Lingua G., Franchin C., Todeschini V., Castiglione S., Biondi S., Burlando B., Parravicini V., Torrigiani P., Berta G. (2008). Arbuscolar mycorrhizal fungi differentially affect the response to high zinc concentrations of two registered poplar clones, Villafranca (Populus alba L.) and Jean Pourtet (Populus nigra L.). Environ. Pollut., 153: 137-147.
20. Lone M.I., He Z., Stoffella P.J., Yang X. (2008). Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils and water: progresses and perspectives. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B, 9: 210-220.
21. Mendez M.O., Maier R.M. (2008). Phytostabilization of mine tailings in arid and semiarid environments - an emerging remediation technology. Environ. Health Perspect., 116: 278-283.
22. Mergeay M. (1991). Towards an understanding of the genetics of bacterial metal resistance. Trends Biotechnol., 9: 17-24.
23. Nies D.H. (1992). Resistance to cadmium, cobalt, zinc and nickel in microbes. Plasmid, 27: 17-28.
24. Nies D.H. (1999). Microbial heavy metal resistance. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 51: 730-750.
25. O'Halloran T. (1993). Transition metals in control of gene expression. Science, 261: 717-725.
26. Pereira S.I., Lima A.I., Figueira E.M. (2006) Screening possible mechanisms mediating cadmium resistance in rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae isolated from contaminated Portuguese soils. Microb. Ecol., 52: 176-186.
27. Peuke A.D., Rennenberg H. (2006). Heavy metal resistance and phytoremediation with transgenic trees. In: Fladung M., Ewald D., Eds, Tree Transgenesis: Recent Developments, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 253-273.
28. Roane T.M. (1999). Lead resistance in two isolates from heavy metal-contaminated soils. Microb. Ecol., 37: 218-224.
29. Rutherford J.C., Cavet J.S., Robinson N.J. (1995). Cobaltdependent transcriptional switching by a dual-effector MerRlike protein regulates a cobalt-exporting variant CPx-type ATPase. J. Biol. Chem., 274: 25827-25832.
30. Ryan R., Ryan D., Dowling D. (2008). Multiple metal resistant transferable phenotypes in bacteria as indicators of soil contamination with heavy metals. J. Soils Sedim., 5: 95-100.
31. nd edn., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
32. Shakoori A.R., Muneer B. (2002). Copper-resistant bacteria from industrial effluents and their role in remediation of heavy metals in wastewater. Folia Microbiol., 47: 43-50.
33. Siciliano S.D., Fortin N., Mihoc A., Wisse G., Labelle S., Beaumier D., Ouellette D., Real R., Whyte L.G., Banks M.K., Schwab P., Lee K., Greer C.W. (2001). Selection of specific endophytic bacterial genotypes by plants in response to soil contamination. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 67: 2496-12475
34. Silver S. (1992). Plasmid-determined metal resistance mechanisms: range and overview. Plasmid, 27: 1-3.
35. Thorgensen M.P., Downs D. (2007). Cobalt targets multiple metabolic processes in Salmonella enterica. J. Bacteriol., 189: 7774-7781.
36. Yoshida N., Murooka Y., Ogawa K. (1998). Heavy metal particle resistance in Thiobacillus intermedius 13-1 isolated from corroded concrete. J. Ferment. Bioeng., 85: 630-633.
37. Zaidi S., Usmani S., Singh B.R., Musarrat J. (2006). Significance of Bacillus subtilis strain SJ-101 as a bioinoculant for concurrent plant growth promotion and nickel accumulation in Brassica juncea. Chemosphere, 64: 991-997.
38. Zelasco S., Reggi S., Calligari P., Balestrazzi A., Bongiorni C., Quattrini E., Delia G., Bisoffi S., Fogher C., Confalonieri M. (2006). Expression of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb)-encoding gene in transgenic white poplar: plant growth and biomass production, biochemical characterization and cell survival under submergence, oxidative and nitrosative stress conditions. Mol. Breed., 17: 201-216.
39. Zelasco S., Ressegotti V., Confalonieri M., Carbonera D., Calligari P., Bonadei M., Bisoffi S., Yamada K., Balestrazzi A. (2007). Evaluation of MAT-vector system in white poplar (Populus alba L.) and production of ipt marker-free transgenic plants by 'single-step transformation'. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult., 91: 61-72.
40. Zhigang A., Cuijie L., Yuangang Z., Yeljie D., Watcher A., Gromes R., Rausch T. (2006). Expression of BjMT2, a metallothionein 2 from Brassica juncea, incresaes copper and cadmium tolerance in Escherichia coli and Arabidopsis thaliana, but inhibits root elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. J. Exp. Bot., 57: 3575-3582.