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1 Plant-associated Proteobacteria (and a few outsiders):
the good and the bad N2 NH3 nitrogenase

2 Today’s Topics: Rhizobeacae and other nitrogen-fixing genera
Nitrogen fixation and why we need it Examples of nitrogen-fixing symbioses in plants Processes of nodulation Non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing Proteobacteria Cyanobacterial associations Crown gall: the selfish doings of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

3 Prokaryotes Greensulfur Bacteroides Spirochetes Deinococci Green,
nonsulfur Chlamydiae Thermotoga Gram positive Cyano bacteria Rhizobium Bradyrhizobium Sinorhizobium Agrobacterium Azospirillum a b d g Herbaspirillum Desulfoivbrio E. coli Klebsiella Azotobacter Proteobacteria

4 Ecology of nitrogen-fixing bacteria

5 Biological nitrogen fixation:
nitrogenase N2 + 8 flavodoxin- + 8H MgATP H2O 2NH4+ + 2OH- + 8 flavodoxin + 16 MgADP- + 16H2PO4- + H2 Rare, extremely energy consuming conversion because of stability of triply bonded N2 Produces fixed N which can be directly assimilated into N containing biomolecules

6 NH4+ NH4+ Ammonia assimilatory cycle:
How nitrogen enters biological pathways Amino acids proteins purines pyrimidines Pathway 1 GS NH4+ + glutamate + ATP glutamine + ADP + Pi glutamine glutamate -ketoglutarate GOGAT + Pathway 2 GDH NH4+ + -ketoglutarate glutamate Amino acids proteins

7 the Haber Process and lightning
dinitrogen gas (78% of air) Nitrogen fixation the Haber Process and lightning Denitrification N2O nitrous oxide The Nitrogen Cycle NH4+ ammonium BIOSPHERE Denitrification NO3- nitrate nitrification NO2- nitrite nitrification

8 The Nitrogen Cycle N2 Plants Animals dinitrogen gas (78% of air) N2O
Biological nitrogen fixation N2O nitrous oxide Prokaryotes nitrification assimilation Plants NH4+ ammonium Animals consumption uptake NO3- nitrate NO2- nitrite

9 A growing population must eat!
Combined nitrogen is the most common limiting nutrient in agriculture Estimated that 90% of population will live in tropical and subtropical areas where (protein-rich) plant sources contribute 80% of total caloric intake. In 1910 humans consumed 10% of total carbon fixed by photosynthesis, by 2030 it is predicted that 80% will be used by humans.

10 Why chemical fertilizers aren’t the answer
Consumes 1.4% of total fossil fuels annually Production of nitrogenous fertilizers has “plateaued” in recent years because of high costs and pollution Estimated 90% of applied fertilizers never reach roots and contaminate groundwater

11 Rhizobium-legume symbioses
Host plant Bacterial symbiont Alfalfa Rhizobium meliloti Clover Rhizobium trifolii Soybean Bradyrhizobium japonicum Beans Rhizobium phaseoli Pea Rhizobium leguminosarum Sesbania Azorhizobium caulinodans Complete listing can be found at at: Both plant and bacterial factors determine specificity

12 legume rhizobia Fixed nitrogen (ammonia) Fixed carbon
(malate, sucrose) rhizobia

13 Obvious signs of nodulation by common rhizobial species
MEDICAGO (alfalfa) LOTUS (birdsfoot trefoil)

14 Pea Plant R. leguminosarum nodules
Pink color is leghaemoglobin a protein that carries oxygen to the bacteroids

15 Physiology of a legume nodule

16 Very early events in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
Flavonoids nod-gene inducers rhizosphere Nod-factor

17 Sinorhizobium meliloti
chromosome NodD nod-gene inducers from alfalfa roots (specificity) plasmid pSym activated NodD positively regulates nod genes nod genes

18 Nod factor biosynthesis
NodM NodC Nod factor R-group “decorations” determine host specificity NodB Nod Factor: a lipooligosaccharide

19 Attachment and infection
Rhizobium Nod factor (specificity) Invasion through infection tube Flavonoids (specificity) Nitrogen fixation Bacteroid differentiation Formation of nodule primordia From Hirsch, 1992. New Phyto. 122,

20 Rhizobium encoding GFP from jellyfish as a marker
Infection thread (From Quaedvlieg et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 37: , 1998)

21 Bacteria divide as they traverse infection thread

22 Enlargement of the nodule, nitrogen fixation and exchange of nutrients
Nodule development Enlargement of the nodule, nitrogen fixation and exchange of nutrients

23 The Nodulation Process
Chemical recognition of roots and Rhizobium Root hair curling Formation of infection thread Invasion of roots by Rhizobia Cortical cell divisions and formation of nodule tissue Bacteria fix nitrogen which is transferred to plant cells in exchange for fixed carbon

24 Inoculation of a mutated Sinorhizobium strain does not transfer fixed N to the plant
wild-type mutant Genes & Development 11:1194, 1997

25 wt glnB10 6 days 7 days wt glnBP5 Genes & Development 11:1194, 1997

26 Azorhizobium caulinodans
on Sesbania

27 Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Aquatic: Cyanobacteria Anabaena Nostoc Terrestrial and rhizosphere-associated: Azospirillum Azotobacter Acetobacter Klebsiella Clostridium

28 Plant-associated nitrogen fixation: the endophytes and epiphytes
Acetobacter diazotropicus Lives as an endophyte of sugarcane and various other monocots and some dicots On sugarcane

29 A nitrogen-fixing fern
-Co +Co The aquatic fern Azolla is the only fern that can fix nitrogen. It does so by virtue of a symbiotic association with a cyanobacterium (Anabaena azollae).

30 Another cyanobacterium on the palm Welfia regia in an epiphyllic relationship
It is believed that these bacteria transfer some % of fixed N to the plants through the leaf surfaces

31 Symptoms of crown gall

32 Agrobacterium tumefaciens “transforms” plant cells
Transgenes produce OPINES, unique amino acid-like molecules, as well as plant hormones

33 The End

34 Current approaches to improving biological nitrogen fixation
Enhancing survival of nodule forming bacterium by improving competitiveness of inoculant strains Extend host range of crops, which can benefit from biological nitrogen fixation Engineer microbes with high nitrogen fixing capacity What experiments would you propose if you were to follow each of these approaches?

35 Activation of nif promoters by NifA:
A mechanism similar to RNAP(54) activation by NtrC 54

36 Nitrogen fixation genes are repressed by oxygen
O2 inactivates nitrogenase Bacterial membranes FixLI FixJ Heme oxidized FixL inactive O2 nifA nif nif fix nif regulon

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38 Rhizobium’s bad brother: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Crown gall on rose and on grapevine Opines are an Agrobacterium-specific C- source to feed future generations

39 Rhizobium’s bad brother: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Crown gall on rose and on grapevine Opines are an Agrobacterium-specific C- source to feed future generations

40 Exchange of nutrients during Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
Malate to bacteria nitrogen- fixing bacteroid containing Rhizobium TCA NH4+ to plant ATP ADP+Pi N2 NH4+

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