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Acetic acid bacteria encode two levansucrase types of different ecological relationship.

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Title: Acetic acid bacteria encode two levansucrase types of different ecological relationship.
Authors: Jakob, Frank1 (AUTHOR) frank.jakob@wzw.tum.de, Quintero, Yamira2 (AUTHOR), Musacchio, Alexis3 (AUTHOR), Estrada‐de los Santos, Paulina4 (AUTHOR), Hernández, Lázaro2 (AUTHOR) lazaro.hernandez@cigb.edu.cu, Vogel, Rudi F.1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Environmental Microbiology. Nov2019, Vol. 21 Issue 11, p4151-4165. 15p.
Subjects: Acetobacter, Habitat selection, Microbial ecology, Insect-plant relationships, Biofilms, Plant health
Abstract: Summary: Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are associated with plants and insects. Determinants for the targeting and occupation of these widely different environments are unknown. However, most of these natural habitats share plant‐derived sucrose, which can be metabolized by some AAB via polyfructose building levansucrases (LS) known to be involved in biofilm formation. Here, we propose two LS types (T) encoded by AAB as determinants for habitat selection, which emerged from vertical (T1) and horizontal (T2) lines of evolution and differ in their genetic organization, structural features and secretion mechanism, as well as their occurrence in proteobacteria. T1‐LS are secreted by plant‐pathogenic α‐ and γ‐proteobacteria, while T2‐LS genes are common in diazotrophic, plant‐growth‐promoting α‐, β‐ and γ‐proteobacteria. This knowledge may be exploited for a better understanding of microbial ecology, plant health and biofilm formation by sucrase‐secreting proteobacteria in eukaryotic hosts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Summary: Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are associated with plants and insects. Determinants for the targeting and occupation of these widely different environments are unknown. However, most of these natural habitats share plant‐derived sucrose, which can be metabolized by some AAB via polyfructose building levansucrases (LS) known to be involved in biofilm formation. Here, we propose two LS types (T) encoded by AAB as determinants for habitat selection, which emerged from vertical (T1) and horizontal (T2) lines of evolution and differ in their genetic organization, structural features and secretion mechanism, as well as their occurrence in proteobacteria. T1‐LS are secreted by plant‐pathogenic α‐ and γ‐proteobacteria, while T2‐LS genes are common in diazotrophic, plant‐growth‐promoting α‐, β‐ and γ‐proteobacteria. This knowledge may be exploited for a better understanding of microbial ecology, plant health and biofilm formation by sucrase‐secreting proteobacteria in eukaryotic hosts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:14622912
DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.14768