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. 1990 Sep;56(9):2826–2833. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2826-2833.1990

Potential of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Octopine-Utilizing Fluorescent Pseudomonas Strains To Attach to Susceptible Potato Tissues

James W Y F Chan 1,†, William D Ramey 1, Larry W Moore 1, Colin R Bell 1,†,*
PMCID: PMC184850  PMID: 16348291

Abstract

The binding characteristics of two octopine-catabolizing pseudomonads, Pseudomonas fluorescens B99A and E175D, which were isolated from crown galls, have been examined. The binding of strain B99A to potato disks was very weak, followed a Freundlich isotherm, and was temperature and pH independent. Strain E175D displayed strong attachment and followed a Langmuir isotherm. Despite these fundamental differences in binding characteristics, when each strain was placed in competitive binding assays with either Agrobacterium tumefaciens B6 or A. tumefaciens ATCC 15955, the number of bound pseudomonad cells decreased compared with those obtained in independent trials. Furthermore, the binding of A. tumefaciens cells was increased. In prebinding experiments, in which the potato disks were bound with the pseudomonads before exposure to the agrobacteria, the number of bound pseudomonad cells again decreased. This implies that increased desorption was occurring. In these prebinding studies, the numbers of bound A. tumefaciens ATCC 15955 increased, but the number of bound A. tumefaciens B6 remained the same. The mechanism for this observed synergism on the binding of agrobacterial cells and the depression in bound pseudomonad cells is believed to be alterations in the electrostatic or ionic charges on the plant and bacterial cell surfaces. The synergistic effect on A. tumefaciens undermines the use of these pseudomonads as potential biocontrol agents for crown gall.

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