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Diversity and Evolution of the Phenazine Biosynthesis Pathway

David M. WellerOlga V. MavrodiPhilippe LemanceauTobin L. PeeverWulf BlankenfeldtLutz HeideSylvie MazurierDmitri V. MavrodiLinda S. ThomashowJames A. ParejkoJos M. Raaijmakers

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Antifungal Agentsgenome sequenceaeruginosa pao1virulence factorsphenazine-1-carboxylic acidVIRULENCE FACTORS GENE-CLUSTERApplied Microbiology and Biotechnologychemistry.chemical_compoundGene clusterEnvironmental MicrobiologyPhylogenySoil Microbiologyfluorescent pseudomonas2. Zero hungerGenetics0303 health sciencesEcologybiologyEPS-2PseudomonasPlants[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and ParasitologyMultigene FamilyHorizontal gene transferBiotechnologyDNA BacterialWashingtonPectobacteriumGene Transfer HorizontalGenotypeSequence analysisMolecular Sequence DataPhenazineerwinia-herbicola eh1087pseudomonas-chlororaphis pcl1391Evolution Molecular03 medical and health sciencesBacterial ProteinsPseudomonasBotanyEscherichia coli030304 developmental biologyBacteriaBase SequencePSEUDOMONAS-CHLORORAPHIS030306 microbiologybiological-controlGene Expression Regulation BacterialSequence Analysis DNA15. Life on landbiology.organism_classificationrpoBERWINIA-HERBICOLAPHENAZINEBiosynthetic Pathwaysgene-clusterLaboratorium voor PhytopathologieBurkholderiachemistryGenes BacterialLaboratory of PhytopathologyPhenazinesburkholderia-cepacia complexSequence AlignmentFood Science

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ABSTRACT Phenazines are versatile secondary metabolites of bacterial origin that function in biological control of plant pathogens and contribute to the ecological fitness and pathogenicity of the producing strains. In this study, we employed a collection of 94 strains having various geographic, environmental, and clinical origins to study the distribution and evolution of phenazine genes in members of the genera Pseudomonas , Burkholderia , Pectobacterium , Brevibacterium , and Streptomyces . Our results confirmed the diversity of phenazine producers and revealed that most of them appear to be soil-dwelling and/or plant-associated species. Genome analyses and comparisons of phylogenies inferred from sequences of the key phenazine biosynthesis ( phzF ) and housekeeping ( rrs , recA , rpoB , atpD , and gyrB ) genes revealed that the evolution and dispersal of phenazine genes are driven by mechanisms ranging from conservation in Pseudomonas spp. to horizontal gene transfer in Burkholderia spp. and Pectobacterium spp. DNA extracted from cereal crop rhizospheres and screened for the presence of phzF contained sequences consistent with the presence of a diverse population of phenazine producers in commercial farm fields located in central Washington state, which provided the first evidence of United States soils enriched in indigenous phenazine-producing bacteria.

10.1128/aem.02009-09https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/diversity-and-evolution-of-the-phenazine-biosynthesis-pathway