Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth–promoting bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

By Xiao Hua Chen, A. Koumoutsi, Romy Scholz, A. Eisenreich, K. Schneider, Isabelle Heinemeyer, Burkhard Morgenstern, B. Voß, W. Hess, O. Reva and 9 more. Nature Biotechnology, 2007

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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 is a Gram-positive, plant-associated bacterium, which stimulates plant growth and produces secondary metabolites that suppress soil-borne plant pathogens. Its 3,918-kb genome, containing an estimated 3,693 protein-coding sequences, lacks extended phage insertions, which occur ubiquitously in the closely related Bacillus subtilis 168 genome. The B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 genome reveals an unexpected potential to produce secondary metabolites, including the polyketides bacillaene and difficidin. More than 8.5% of the genome is devoted to synthesizing antibiotics and siderophores by pathways not involving ribosomes. Besides five gene clusters, known from B. subtilis to mediate nonribosomal synthesis of secondary metabolites, we identified four giant gene clusters absent in B. subtilis 168. The pks2 gene cluster encodes the components to synthesize the macrolactin core skeleton.

Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots (2017, background): “These isolates, together with two isolates from strategy I (Dyella sp. and C. pusilum) plus three well-studied rhizobacterial strains [Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 (47), Paenibacillus polymyxa M-1 (48), and Azospirillum brasilense sp7 (49)], made up a consortium of 38 strains (Dataset S8C).”
Poplar and its Bacterial Endophytes: Coexistence and Harmony (2009, background): “As with the rhizosphere bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 (Chen et al., 2007) it was unclear which function catalyzes the conversion of acetoin into 2,3-butanediol, a compound that can induce systemic tolerance to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana (Cho et al., 2008) and systemic resistance…”
Genome Survey and Characterization of Endophytic Bacteria Exhibiting a Beneficial Effect on Growth and Development of Poplar Trees (2008, background): “As for the rhizosphere bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 ( 8 ), it was unclear which function catalyzes the conversion of acetoin into 2,3butanediol.”
Biocontrol mechanism by root-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 – a review (2015, background): “The type strain of the subspecies, FZB42T, is commercially used as biocontrol bacterium being especially efficient against fungal and bacterial pathogens (Borriss, 2011).”
Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo- and endosphere of plants: Their role, colonization, mechanisms involved and prospects for utilization (2010, background): “Genome analysis further revealed that some bacteria such as the rhizosphere strains Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 (Chen et al., 2007) or P.”
Advances in Elucidating Beneficial Interactions Between Plants, Soil, and Bacteria (2013, background): “For example, B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 produces different polyketides and the lipopeptides bacillomycin D, fengycin A, and surfactin (Chen et al., 2007), of which surfactin alone has been discussed to a play vital role in swarming, root niche colonization and occupation, in direct antibiosis…”
Bacillus species as versatile weapons for plant pathogens: a review (2017, background): “Quite apart from the antagonistic mechanism of Bacillus species, these microbes also have an important role in plant growth promotion by enhancing the biosynthesis of plant hormones (gibberellic acid (GA3) and indole-3acetic acid (IAA)) that have a close relation with plant nutrient availability [54”