Bradyrhizobium japonicum

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Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
Genus: Bradyrhizobium
Species:
B. japonicum
Binomial name
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Synonyms
  • Rhizobium japonicum Buchanan 1926
  • Rhizobacterium japonicum Kirchner 1896[1]

Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a species of

Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly referred to as rhizobia.[citation needed] Within that broad classification, which has three groups, taxonomy studies using DNA sequencing indicate that B. japonicum belongs within homology group II.[2]

Uses

Agriculture

B. japonicum is added to legume seed to improve crop yields,[3] particularly in areas where the bacterium is not native (e.g. Arkansas soils).[4] Often the inoculate is adhered to the seeds prior to planting using a sugar solution.[5]

Research

A strain of B. japonicum, USDA110, has been in use as a

base pairs.[6]

Metabolism

B. japonicum is able to degrade catechin with formation of phloroglucinol carboxylic acid, further decarboxylated to phloroglucinol, which is dehydroxylated to resorcinol and hydroxyquinol.[citation needed]

B. japonicum possess the nosRZDFYLX gene, which aides in denitrification and has two catalytic subunits - Cu-a and Cu-z (with several histidine residues). It manages an expression cascade that can sense oxygen gradients, termed 'FixJ-FixK2-FixK1.' FixJ positively regulates FixK2, which activates nitrogen respiration genes, as well as FixK1. FixK1 mutants are unable to respire from nitrogen due to a defective catatylic copper subunit (Cu-z) in nosRZDFYLX.[7]

Genetic transformation

Natural genetic transformation in bacteria is a sexual process involving transfer of DNA from one cell to another through the intervening medium, and the integration of the donor sequence into the recipient genome by homologous recombination. B. japonicum cells are able to undergo transformation.[8] They become competent for DNA uptake during late log phase.

References

  1. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-1-136
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  2. doi:10.1099/00221287-123-2-215
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  3. ^ Purcell, Larry C.; Salmeron, Montserrat; Ashlock, Lanny (2013). "Chapter 5". Arkansas Soybean Production Handbook - MP197. Little Rock, AR: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ Purcell, Larry C.; Salmeron, Montserrat; Ashlock, Lanny (2000). "Chapter 7". Arkansas Soybean Production Handbook - MP197. Little Rock, AR: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ^ Bennett, J. Michael; Rhetoric, Emeritus; Hicks, Dale R.; Naeve, Seth L.; Bennett, Nancy Bush (2014). The Minnesota Soybean Field Book (PDF). St Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. PMID 12597275
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  7. PMID 9748464
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  8. PMID 4538250
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