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    Recovery of nonpathogenic mutant bacteria from tumors caused by several Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains: a frequent event?
    (American Society for Microbiology, 2009) Llop, Pablo; Murillo Martínez, Jesús; Lastra, Beatriz; López, María Milagros; Producción Agraria; Nekazaritza Ekoizpena
    We have evaluated the interaction that bacterial genotypes and plant hosts have with the loss of pathogenicity in tumors, using seven Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains inoculated on 12 herbaceous and woody hosts. We performed a screening of the agrobacteria present inside the tumors, looking for nonpathogenic strains, and found a high variability of those strains in this niche. To verify the origin of the putative nonpathogenic mutant bacteria, we applied an efficient, reproducible, and specific randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis method. In contrast with previous studies, we recovered a very small percentage (0.01%) of nonpathogenic strains that can be considered true mutants. Of 5,419 agrobacterial isolates examined, 662 were nonpathogenic in tomato, although only 7 (from pepper and tomato tumors induced by two A. tumefaciens strains) could be considered to derive from the inoculated strain. Six mutants were affected in the transferred DNA (T-DNA) region; one of them contained IS426 inserted into the iaaM gene, whereas the whole T-DNA region was apparently deleted in three other mutants, and the virulence of the remaining two mutants was fully restored with the T-DNA genes as well. The plasmid profile was altered in six of the mutants, with changes in the size of the Ti plasmid or other plasmids and/or the acquisition of new plasmids. Our results also suggest that the frequent occurrence of nonpathogenic clones in the tumors is probably due to the preferential growth of nonpathogenic agrobacteria, of either endophytic or environmental origin, but different from the bacterial strain inducing the tumor.
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    Towards the identification of the common features of bacterial biofilm development
    (Sociedad Española de Microbiología, 2006) Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo; Nekazaritza Ekoizpena; Producción Agraria; IdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutua
    Los microorganismos pueden vivir y proliferar como células individuales que nadan libremente en el medio o crecer en comunidades multicelulares muy bien organizadas dentro de una matriz que ellas mismas han sintetizado y asociadas a superficies o interfases. Esta forma de vida microbiana recibe el nombre de biopelículas. La búsqueda intensa de los factores que intervienen en el desarrollo de la biopelícula llevada a cabo estos últimos años ha revelado que especies bacterianas filogenéticamente alejadas recurren a los mismos elementos para producir la biopelícula. Entre los elementos comunes identificados hay proteínas que contienen los dominios GGDEF/EAL, proteínas de superficie que muestran homología con la proteína Bap de Staphylococcus aureus, y algunos exopolisacaridos, como la celulosa y la poli-β-1,6-N-acetilglucosamina. Esta revisión resume los conocimientos actuales sobre estos tres elementos y su función en la formación de la biopelícula.