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Microbes Environ ; 27(3): 306-15, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22452844

ABSTRACT

Bradyrhizobium sp. S23321 is an oligotrophic bacterium isolated from paddy field soil. Although S23321 is phylogenetically close to Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110, a legume symbiont, it is unable to induce root nodules in siratro, a legume often used for testing Nod factor-dependent nodulation. The genome of S23321 is a single circular chromosome, 7,231,841 bp in length, with an average GC content of 64.3%. The genome contains 6,898 potential protein-encoding genes, one set of rRNA genes, and 45 tRNA genes. Comparison of the genome structure between S23321 and USDA110 showed strong colinearity; however, the symbiosis islands present in USDA110 were absent in S23321, whose genome lacked a chaperonin gene cluster (groELS3) for symbiosis regulation found in USDA110. A comparison of sequences around the tRNA-Val gene strongly suggested that S23321 contains an ancestral-type genome that precedes the acquisition of a symbiosis island by horizontal gene transfer. Although S23321 contains a nif (nitrogen fixation) gene cluster, the organization, homology, and phylogeny of the genes in this cluster were more similar to those of photosynthetic bradyrhizobia ORS278 and BTAi1 than to those on the symbiosis island of USDA110. In addition, we found genes encoding a complete photosynthetic system, many ABC transporters for amino acids and oligopeptides, two types (polar and lateral) of flagella, multiple respiratory chains, and a system for lignin monomer catabolism in the S23321 genome. These features suggest that S23321 is able to adapt to a wide range of environments, probably including low-nutrient conditions, with multiple survival strategies in soil and rhizosphere.


Subject(s)
Bradyrhizobium/genetics , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Genome, Bacterial , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Base Composition , Bradyrhizobium/isolation & purification , Bradyrhizobium/physiology , Metabolic Networks and Pathways/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Open Reading Frames , RNA, Untranslated/genetics , Soil Microbiology , Symbiosis , Synteny
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Microbes Environ ; 27(1): 72-9, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22223474

ABSTRACT

We simultaneously examined the bacteria, fungi and nematode communities in Andosols from four agro-geographical sites in Japan using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) and statistical analyses to test the effects of environmental factors including soil properties on these communities depending on geographical sites. Statistical analyses such as Principal component analysis (PCA) and Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that the compositions of the three soil biota communities were strongly affected by geographical sites, which were in turn strongly associated with soil characteristics such as total C (TC), total N (TN), C/N ratio and annual mean soil temperature (ST). In particular, the TC, TN and C/N ratio had stronger effects on bacterial and fungal communities than on the nematode community. Additionally, two-way cluster analysis using the combined DGGE profile also indicated that all soil samples were classified into four clusters corresponding to the four sites, showing high site specificity of soil samples, and all DNA bands were classified into four clusters, showing the coexistence of specific DGGE bands of bacteria, fungi and nematodes in Andosol fields. The results of this study suggest that geography relative to soil properties has a simultaneous impact on soil microbial and nematode community compositions. This is the first combined profile analysis of bacteria, fungi and nematodes at different sites with agricultural Andosols.


Subject(s)
Bacteria/isolation & purification , Ecosystem , Fungi/isolation & purification , Nematoda/isolation & purification , Soil/parasitology , Agriculture , Animals , Bacteria/classification , Bacteria/genetics , Fungi/classification , Fungi/genetics , Japan , Molecular Sequence Data , Nematoda/classification , Nematoda/genetics , Phylogeny , Soil/analysis , Soil Microbiology
3.
Microbes Environ ; 27(1): 94-8, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22075625

ABSTRACT

Ammonia monooxygenase subunit A gene (amoA) is frequently used as a functional gene marker for diversity analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). To select a suitable amoA primer for real-time PCR and PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), three reverse primers (degenerate primer amoA-2R; non-degenerate primers amoA-2R-GG and amoA-2IR) were examined. No significant differences were observed among the three primers in terms of quantitative values of amoA from environmental samples using real-time PCR. We found that PCR-DGGE analysis with the amoA-2IR primer gave the best results in this studied soil. These results indicate that amoA-2IR is a suitable primer for community analysis of AOB in the environment.


Subject(s)
Ammonia/metabolism , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Biodiversity , DNA Primers/genetics , Oxidoreductases/genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Soil Microbiology , Bacteria/classification , Bacteria/enzymology , Bacteria/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Oxidation-Reduction , Phylogeny
4.
Microbes Environ ; 26(3): 248-53, 2011.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21576844

ABSTRACT

Soil type is one of the key factors affecting soil microbial communities. With regard to ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), however, it has not been determined how soil type affects their community size and soil nitrification activity. Here we quantitatively analyzed the ammonia monooxygenase genes (amoA) of these ammonia oxidizers in fields with three different soil types (Low-humic Andosol [LHA], Gray Lowland Soil [GLS], and Yellow Soil [YS]) under common cropping conditions, and assessed the relationships between soil nitrification activity and the abundance of each amoA. Nitrification activity of LHA was highest, followed by that of GLS and YS; this order was consistent with that for the abundance of AOB amoA. Abundance of AOB amoA showed temporal variation, which was similar to that observed in nitrification activity, and a strong relationship (adjusted R(2)=0.742) was observed between the abundance of AOB amoA and nitrification activity. Abundance of AOA amoA also exhibited a significant relationship (adjusted R(2)=0.228) with nitrification activity, although this relationship was much weaker. Our results indicate that soil type affects the community size of AOA and AOB and the resulting nitrification activity, and that AOB are major contributors to nitrification in soils, while AOA are partially responsible.


Subject(s)
Ammonia/metabolism , Archaea/metabolism , Bacteria/metabolism , Soil Microbiology , Soil/chemistry , Archaea/enzymology , Archaea/genetics , Archaea/isolation & purification , Archaeal Proteins/genetics , Archaeal Proteins/metabolism , Bacteria/enzymology , Bacteria/genetics , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Biodiversity , Nitrification , Oxidation-Reduction , Oxidoreductases/genetics , Oxidoreductases/metabolism
5.
Am J Bot ; 97(3): 433-7, 2010 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21622406

ABSTRACT

Despite their close association with human activities, plant pathogenic fungi have rarely been found in archaeological excavations. We report here that a fungus was closely associated with human activities even in prehistoric times. Sclerotium-like objects were found at historical sites (4000 to 400 BP) on the island of Hokkaido, northern Japan. They were spherical, 0.3-1.0 mm in diameter, and had a medulla and rind. Some had leaf fragments on the surface or a protuberance that resembled emerging sporocarp primordia. These traits indicated that they were sclerotia of the snow mold fungus, Typhula ishikariensis biotype B.

6.
Microbes Environ ; 25(4): 281-7, 2010.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21576883

ABSTRACT

We evaluated the fungal specificity and detection bias of four fungal 18S rRNA gene (18S rDNA) primer sets for denaturing-gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). We constructed and compared clone libraries amplified from upland and paddy field soils with each primer set (1, NS1/GCFung; 2, FF390/FR1-GC; 3, NS1/FR1-GC; and 4, NS1/EF3 for the first PCR and NS1/FR1-GC for the second PCR). Primer set 4 (for nested PCR) showed the highest specificity for fungi but biased specific sequences. Sets 1, 2, and 3 (for single PCR) amplified non-fungal eukaryotic sequences (from 7 to 16% for upland soil and from 20 to 31% for paddy field soil) and produced libraries with similar distributions of fungal 18S rDNA sequences at both the phylum and the class level. Set 2 tended to amplify more diverse fungal sequences, maintaining higher specificity for fungi. In addition, clone analyses revealed differences among primer sets in the frequency of chimeras. In upland field soil, the libraries amplified with primer sets 3 and 4, which targeted long fragments, contained many chimeric 18S rDNA sequences (18% and 48%, respectively), while the libraries obtained with sets 1 and 2, which targeted short fragments, contained fewer chimeras (5% and 10%, respectively).


Subject(s)
DNA Primers/genetics , Fungi/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics , Soil Microbiology , DNA, Fungal/genetics , Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis , Fungi/classification , Fungi/genetics , Gene Library , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , Polymerase Chain Reaction/instrumentation , Species Specificity
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