Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.

Citric acid is a strong acid with good cation chelating ability and can be very efficient in solubilizing mineral phosphates. Only a few phosphate solubilizing bacteria and fungi are known to secrete citric acids. In this work, we incorporated artificial citrate operon containing NADH insensitive ci...

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Main Authors: Hemanta Adhikary, Paulomi B Sanghavi, Silviya R Macwan, Gattupalli Archana, G Naresh Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178029?pdf=render
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author Hemanta Adhikary
Paulomi B Sanghavi
Silviya R Macwan
Gattupalli Archana
G Naresh Kumar
author_facet Hemanta Adhikary
Paulomi B Sanghavi
Silviya R Macwan
Gattupalli Archana
G Naresh Kumar
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description Citric acid is a strong acid with good cation chelating ability and can be very efficient in solubilizing mineral phosphates. Only a few phosphate solubilizing bacteria and fungi are known to secrete citric acids. In this work, we incorporated artificial citrate operon containing NADH insensitive citrate synthase (gltA1) and citrate transporter (citC) genes into the genome of six-plant growth promoting P. fluorescens strains viz., PfO-1, Pf5, CHAO1, P109, ATCC13525 and Fp315 using MiniTn7 transposon gene delivery system. Comprehensive biochemical characterization of the genomic integrants and their comparison with plasmid transformants of the same operon in M9 minimal medium reveals the highest amount of ∼7.6±0.41 mM citric and 29.95±2.8 mM gluconic acid secretion along with ∼43.2±3.24 mM intracellular citrate without affecting the growth of these P. fluorescens strains. All genomic integrants showed enhanced citric and gluconic acid secretion on Tris-Cl rock phosphate (TRP) buffered medium, which was sufficient to release 200-1000 µM Pi in TRP medium. This study demonstrates that MPS ability could be achieved in natural fluorescent pseudomonads by incorporation of artificial citrate operon not only as plasmid but also by genomic integration.
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spelling doaj.art-a73e15f177f24196942014757970f1002022-12-22T03:49:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0199e10755410.1371/journal.pone.0107554Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.Hemanta AdhikaryPaulomi B SanghaviSilviya R MacwanGattupalli ArchanaG Naresh KumarCitric acid is a strong acid with good cation chelating ability and can be very efficient in solubilizing mineral phosphates. Only a few phosphate solubilizing bacteria and fungi are known to secrete citric acids. In this work, we incorporated artificial citrate operon containing NADH insensitive citrate synthase (gltA1) and citrate transporter (citC) genes into the genome of six-plant growth promoting P. fluorescens strains viz., PfO-1, Pf5, CHAO1, P109, ATCC13525 and Fp315 using MiniTn7 transposon gene delivery system. Comprehensive biochemical characterization of the genomic integrants and their comparison with plasmid transformants of the same operon in M9 minimal medium reveals the highest amount of ∼7.6±0.41 mM citric and 29.95±2.8 mM gluconic acid secretion along with ∼43.2±3.24 mM intracellular citrate without affecting the growth of these P. fluorescens strains. All genomic integrants showed enhanced citric and gluconic acid secretion on Tris-Cl rock phosphate (TRP) buffered medium, which was sufficient to release 200-1000 µM Pi in TRP medium. This study demonstrates that MPS ability could be achieved in natural fluorescent pseudomonads by incorporation of artificial citrate operon not only as plasmid but also by genomic integration.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178029?pdf=render
spellingShingle Hemanta Adhikary
Paulomi B Sanghavi
Silviya R Macwan
Gattupalli Archana
G Naresh Kumar
Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
PLoS ONE
title Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
title_full Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
title_fullStr Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
title_full_unstemmed Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
title_short Artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads.
title_sort artificial citrate operon confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to diverse fluorescent pseudomonads
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178029?pdf=render
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