[Determination of the structure of the repeated unit of the Azospirillum brasilense SR75 O-specific polysaccharide and homology of the lps loci in the plasmids of Azospirillum brasilense strains SR75 and Sp245]

Mikrobiologiia. 2005 Sep-Oct;74(5):626-32.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The structural identity of the repeated unit in O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs) present in the outer membrane of strain SR75 of the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense, isolated from wheat rhizosphere in Saratov oblast, and the OPSs of previously studied A. brasilense strain Sp245, isolated from surface-sterilized wheat roots in Brazil, has been demonstrated. Plasmid profiles, DNA restriction, and hybridization assays suggested that A. brasilense strains SR75 and Sp245 have different genomic structures. It was shown that homologous lps loci of both strains was localized in their plasmid DNA. This fact allows us to state that, despite their different origin, the development of the strains studied was convergent. Presumably, the habitation of these bacteria in similar ecological niches influenced this process in many respects.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Azospirillum brasilense / chemistry*
  • Azospirillum brasilense / genetics*
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • O Antigens / chemistry
  • O Antigens / genetics
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Russia
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Species Specificity
  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Triticum / microbiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • O Antigens