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Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophic Bacteria(PPFMs): Introduction to Current Concepts

분홍색 색소를 형성하는 methylotrophic acteria(PPFMs): 최근 경향소개

  • Munusamy, Madhaiyan (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Sa, Tongmin (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Jai-Joung (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2004.07.21
  • Accepted : 2004.08.06
  • Published : 2004.08.30
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Abstract

The non infecting, plant associated bacteria have attracted increased attention for stimulating plant growth and as environmental friendly plant protecting agents. Pink-pigmented facultatively methylotrophic bacteria (PPFMs), classified as Methylobacterium spp., are persistent colonizers of plant leaf surfaces. As the leaves of most or all plants harbor PPFMs that utilize leaf methanol as their sole source of carbon and energy, which is a specific attribute of the genus Methylobacterium. Although they are not well known, these bacteria are co-evolved, interacting partners in plant metabolism. This claim is supported, for example, by the following observations: (1) PPFMs are seed-transmitted, (2) PPFMs are frequently found in putatively axenic cell cultures, (3) Low numbers of seed-borne PPFMs correlate with low germinability, (4) Plants with reduced numbers of PPFM show elevated shoot/root ratios, (5) Foliar application of PPFMs to soybean during pod fill enhances seed set and yield, (6) Liverwort tissue in culture requires PPFM-produced vitamin B12 for growth, (7) treated plants to suppress or decrease disease incidence of sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani in rice, and (8) the PPFM inoculation induced number of stomata, chlorophyll concentration and malic acid content, they led to increased photosynthetic activity. Methylobacterium spp. are bacterial symbionts of plants, shown previously to participate in plant metabolism by consuming plant waste products and producing metabolites useful to the plant. There are reports that inform about the beneficial interactions between this group of bacteria and plants. Screening of such kind of bacteria having immense plant growth promoting activities like nitrogen fixation, phytohormone production, alleviating water stress to the plants can be successfully isolated and characterized and integration of such kind of organism in crop production will lead to increased productivity.

식물체에 해를 끼치지 않고 식물체와 공생하는 박테리아는 식물의 생장을 촉진 시키며 친환경적 식물 보호제 역할을 함으로서 높은 관심을 받아왔다. Methylobacterium spp.로 분리된 분홍색 색소를 형성하는 methylotrophic bacteria (PPFMS)는 식물의 잎 표면에 서식한다. 거의 모든 식물체의 잎에는 PPFMS를 가지고있으며, Methylobacterium의 특별한 특성을 가진 이들은 탄소와 에너지원으로 잎의 methanol를 이용한다. 비록 이들 박테리아들은 잘 알려 지지 않았지만. 그들은 식물 대사 작용에 영향을 주면서 함께 진화되어 왔다. 이 주장은 다음의 예로 보인 관찰로서 뒷받침 한다. (1) PPFMS는 씨 안에서 발견되고 (2) PPFMS는 자주 무균 세포 배양에서 발견되고 (3) 적은 수의 PPFMS를 지닌 종자는 낮은 발아율을 보였고, (4) 감소된 PPFMS를 가진 식물들은 낮은 줄기/뿌리 비율을 보이고, (5) 콩깍지 형성 시기에 콩잎에 PPFMS의 엽면처리는 종자 수와 생산량을 높이며, (6) 우산이끼를 배양하는데 있어서 PPFM에 의해 생성된 비타민 Rl2는 우산이끼의 생장을 위해 필요하고 (7) 벼에 있어서 Rhizoctonia solani에 인해 나타나는 엽초마름병의 발병률은 PPFMS를 처리한 벼에서 억제되거나 감소되었고, 그리고 (8) PPFM의 종은 기공과 엽록소의 농도, malic acid의 함량을 증가시켜 식물의 광합성 능을 증가시켰다. Methylobacterium spp.은 식물체의 잔사를 이용하거나 식물체에 유용한 대사산물을 생산함으로써 식물의 신진대사에 관여하는 것으로 알려진 공생자이다. 박테리아와 식물체간의 이로운 상호작용에 관해 알려진 많은 보고서들이 있다. 식물체의 수분장애 완화, 광합성호르몬 생산, 그리고 질소고정과 같은 식물의 생장을 촉진시키는 박테리아 종과 같은 선발은 성공적으로 분리 해낼 수 있었고, 작물생산에 있어서 이 같은 미생물의 처리는 생산력을 증가시킬 것이다.

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