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Frequency and Diversity of Nitrate Reductase Genes among Nitrate-Dissimilating Pseudomonas in the Rhizosphere of Perennial Grasses Grown in Field Conditions

Roussel-Delif, L. ; Tarnawski, S. ; Hamelin, J. ; Philippot, L. ; Aragno, M. ; Fromin, N.

In: Microbial Ecology, 2005, vol. 49, no. 1, p. 63-72

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    Titre
    • Frequency and Diversity of Nitrate Reductase Genes among Nitrate-Dissimilating Pseudomonas in the Rhizosphere of Perennial Grasses Grown in Field Conditions
    Auteur
    • Roussel-Delif, L.. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile Argand 11, 2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Tarnawski, S.. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile Argand 11, 2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Hamelin, J.. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile Argand 11, 2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Philippot, L.. UMRA111, Microbiologie des Sols-Géosols, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 21055, Dijon Cedex, France
    • Aragno, M.. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile Argand 11, 2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Fromin, N.. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile Argand 11, 2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Microbial Ecology, 2005, vol. 49, no. 1, p. 63-72. Springer-Verlag; www.springer-ny.com
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Sciences de la terre
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:320027
    Summary
    A total of 1246 Pseudomonas strains were isolated from the rhizosphere of two perennial grasses (Lolium perenne and Molinia coerulea) with different nitrogen requirements. The plants were grown in their native soil under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 content (pCO2) at the Swiss FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) facility. Root-, rhizosphere-, and non-rhizospheric soil-associated strains were characterized in terms of their ability to reduce nitrate during an in vitro assay and with respect to the genes encoding the membrane-bound (named NAR) and periplasmic (NAP) nitrate reductases so far described in the genus Pseudomonas. The diversity of corresponding genes was assessed by PCR-RFLP on narG and napA genes, which encode the catalytic subunit of nitrate reductases. The frequency of nitrate-dissimilating strains decreased with root proximity for both plants and was enhanced under elevated pCO2 in the rhizosphere of L. perenne. NAR (54% of strains) as well as NAP (49%) forms were present in nitrate-reducing strains, 15.5% of the 439 strains tested harbouring both genes. The relative proportions of narG and napA detected in Pseudomonas strains were different according to root proximity and for both pCO2 treatments: the NAR form was more abundant close to the root surface and for plants grown under elevated pCO2. Putative denitrifiers harbored mainly the membrane-bound (NAR) form of nitrate reductase. Finally, both narG and napA sequences displayed a high level of diversity. Anyway, this diversity was correlated neither with the root proximity nor with the pCO2 treatment