Development of a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteria and discrimination between different biovars in zinc-contaminated soil.

Abstract:

:Primers were designed to target 16S rRNA and nodD genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum from DNA extracted from two different soil types contaminated with Zn applied in sewage sludge. Numbers of rhizobia estimated using 16S rRNA gene copy number showed higher abundance than those estimated by both nodD and the most-probable-number (MPN) enumeration method using a plant trap host. Both 16S rRNA gene copies and the MPN rhizobia declined with increased levels of Zn contamination, as did the abundance of the functional gene nodD, providing compelling evidence of a toxic effect of Zn on R. leguminosarum populations in the soil. Regression analysis suggested the total Zn concentration in soil as a better predictor of rhizobial numbers than both NH4NO3-extractable and soil solution Zn. R. leguminosarum bv. viciae nodD gene copies were generally less sensitive to Zn than R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii nodD. The latter were generally below detection limits at Zn levels of >250 mg kg(-1). Although there were differences in the actual numbers estimated by each approach, the response to Zn was broadly similar across all methods. These differences were likely to result from the fact that the molecular approaches assess the potential for nodulation while the MPN approach assesses actual nodulation. The results demonstrate that the use of targeted gene probes for assessing environmental perturbations of indigenous soil rhizobial populations may be more sensitive than the conventional plant bioassay and MPN methods.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Macdonald CA,Clark IM,Hirsch PR,Zhao FJ,McGrath SP

doi

10.1128/AEM.02232-10

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-07-01 00:00:00

pages

4626-33

issue

13

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

pii

AEM.02232-10

journal_volume

77

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