Movement by rhizobium and nodulation of legumes |
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| Authors: | WJ Hunter CJ Fahring |
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| Institution: | United States Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box E, Fort Collins, CO 80522, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Several Rhizobium spp were tested for chemotaxis using a soft agar assay. Bacteria migrated in chemotactic bands in response to substances present in the agar medium. R. japonicum S-110 formed chemotactic bands in response to l-arabinose, l-canavanine, and yeast extract but not to several other common compounds, including several amino acids and sugars. These results suggested that simple compounds present in legume root exudates may attract these bacteria and aid in their rhizosphere accumulation and, thus, in the nodulation process. A slow-migrating mutant of R. japonicum S-110 was isolated. Microscopic examination showed that mutant populations had a much lower proportion of motile cells than did wild-type populations. Greenhouse nodulation tests, in which mutant and wild-type cells were mixed and used as inoculum, indicated that the mutant had less nodulation potential. |
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