Frenemies of the soil: Bacillus and Pseudomonas interspecies interactions

Mark Lyng; Ákos T Kovács

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2023.02.003

Frenemies of the soil: Bacillus and Pseudomonas interspecies interactions

Trends Microbiol. 2023 Aug;31(8):845-857. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.02.003. Epub 2023 Mar 4.

Authors

Mark Lyng¹, Ákos T Kovács²

Affiliations

¹ Bacterial Interactions and Evolution group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark.
² Bacterial Interactions and Evolution group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark; Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.t.kovacs@biology.leidenuniv.nl.

PMID: 36878770
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.02.003

Abstract

Bacillus and Pseudomonas ubiquitously occur in natural environments and are two of the most intensively studied bacterial genera in the soil. They are often coisolated from environmental samples, and as a result, several studies have experimentally cocultured bacilli and pseudomonads to obtain emergent properties. Even so, the general interaction between members of these genera is virtually unknown. In the past decade, data on interspecies interactions between natural isolates of Bacillus and Pseudomonas has become more detailed, and now, molecular studies permit mapping of the mechanisms behind their pairwise ecology. This review addresses the current knowledge about microbe-microbe interactions between strains of Bacillus and Pseudomonas and discusses how we can attempt to generalize the interaction on a taxonomic and molecular level.

Keywords: Bacillus; PGPR; Pseudomonas; interspecies interactions; microbial ecology; secondary metabolites.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacillus* / genetics
Bacteria
Pseudomonas* / genetics
Soil
Soil Microbiology

Substances

Soil