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Goldstein AH, Braverman K, Osorio N. Evidence for mutualism between a plant growing in a phosphate-limited desert environment and a mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) rhizobacterium. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 1999;30(4):295-300doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x.
Goldstein, A. H., Braverman, K., & Osorio, N. (1999). Evidence for mutualism between a plant growing in a phosphate-limited desert environment and a mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) rhizobacterium. FEMS microbiology ecology, 30(4), 295-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x
Goldstein, et al. "Evidence for mutualism between a plant growing in a phosphate-limited desert environment and a mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) rhizobacterium." FEMS microbiology ecology vol. 30,4 (1999): 295-300. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x
Goldstein AH, Braverman K, Osorio N. Evidence for mutualism between a plant growing in a phosphate-limited desert environment and a mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) rhizobacterium. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 1999 Dec 01;30(4):295-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x. PMID: 10568838.
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FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 1999 Dec 01;30(4):295-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x.

Evidence for mutualism between a plant growing in a phosphate-limited desert environment and a mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) rhizobacterium.

FEMS microbiology ecology

Goldstein, Braverman, Osorio

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  1. Division of Biology, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA

PMID: 10568838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00657.x

Abstract

Alkaline desert soils are high in insoluble calcium phosphates but deficient in soluble orthophosphate (Pi) essential for plant growth. In this extreme environment, one adaptive strategy could involve specific associations between plant roots and mineral phosphate solubilizing (MPS) bacteria. The most efficient MPS phenotype in Gram-negative bacteria results from extracellular oxidation of glucose to gluconic acid via the quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase. A unique bacterial population isolated from the roots of Helianthus annus jaegeri growing at the edge of an alkaline dry lake in the Mojave Desert showed no MPS activity and no gluconic acid production. Addition of a concentrated solution containing material washed from the roots to these bacteria in culture resulted in production of high levels of gluconic acid. This effect was mimicked by addition of the essential glucose dehydrogenase redox cofactor 2,7,9-tricarboxyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3]-quinoline-4,5-dione (PQQ) but the bioactive component was not PQQ. DNA hybridization data confirmed that this soil bacterium carried a gene with homology to the Escherichia coli quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase. These data suggest that expression of the direct oxidation pathway in this bacterium may be regulated by signaling between the bacteria and the plant root. The resultant acidification of the rhizosphere may play a role in nutrient availability and/or other ecophysiological parameters essential for the survival of this desert plant.

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