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. 1994 Jun;60(6):1726–1733. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.6.1726-1733.1994

Agglutination, Adherence, and Root Colonization by Fluorescent Pseudomonads

D C M Glandorf 1,*, I van der Sluis 1, A J Anderson 2, P A H M Bakker 1, B Schippers 1
PMCID: PMC201554  PMID: 16349268

Abstract

Two fractions of agglutination activity towards fluorescent pseudomonads were detected in root washes of potato, tomato, wheat, and bean. High-molecular-mass (>106 Da) components in crude root washes agglutinated only particular saprophytic, fluorescent Pseudomonas isolates. Ion-exchange treatment of the crude root washes resulted in preparations of lower-molecular-mass (105 to 106 Da) fractions which agglutinated almost all Pseudomonas isolates examined. Also, components able to suppress agglutination reactions of pseudomonads with the lower-molecular-mass root components were detected in crude root washes of all crops studied. Pseudomonas isolates were differentially agglutinated by both types of root components. The involvement of these two types of root components in short-term adherence and in colonization was studied in potato, tomato, and grass, using Pseudomonas isolates from these crops. Short-term adherence of isolates to roots was independent of their agglutination with either type of root components. With agglutination-negative mutants, the high-molecular-mass components seemed to be involved in adherence of Pseudomonas putida Corvallis to roots of all crops studied. Short-term adherence to roots of four Pseudomonas isolates could be influenced by addition of both crude and ion-exchange-treated root washes, depending on their agglutination phenotype with these root wash preparations. Potato root colonization by 10 different isolates from this crop, over a period of 7 days, was not correlated with their agglutination phenotype. Agg- mutants of P. putida Corvallis were not impaired in root colonization. It is concluded that the root agglutinins studied can be involved in short-term adherence of pseudomonads to roots but do not play a decisive role in their root colonization.

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