Abstract
Objectives
Identification of novel microbial factors contributing to plant protection against abiotic stress.
Results
The genome of plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens FR1 contains a short mobile element encoding a novel type of extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) polymerase (PhbC) associated with a type I secretion system. Genetic analysis using a phbC mutant strain and plants showed that this novel extracellular enzyme is related to the PHB production in planta and suggests that PHB could be a beneficial microbial compound synthesized during plant adaptation to cold stress.
Conclusion
Extracellular PhbC can be used as a new tool for improve crop production under abiotic stress.
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Stritzler, M., Diez Tissera, A., Soto, G. et al. Plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens FR1 secrets a novel type of extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate polymerase involved in abiotic stress response in plants. Biotechnol Lett 40, 1419–1423 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-018-2576-6
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