%0 Journal Article
%T Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Strain SmR1, a Specialized Diazotrophic Endophyte of Tropical Grasses
%A F¨¢bio O. Pedrosa
%A Rose Adele Monteiro
%A Roseli Wassem
%A Leonardo M. Cruz
%A Ricardo A. Ayub
%A Nelson B. Colauto
%A Maria Aparecida Fernandez
%A Maria Helena P. Fungaro
%A Edmundo C. Grisard
%A Mariangela Hungria
%A Humberto M. F. Madeira
%A Rubens O. Nodari
%A Clarice A. Osaku
%A Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler
%A Hern¨¢n Terenzi
%A Luiz G. E. Vieira
%A Maria Berenice R. Steffens
%A Vinicius A. Weiss
%A Luiz F. P. Pereira
%A Marina I. M. Almeida
%A Lysangela R. Alves
%A Anelis Marin
%A Luiza Maria Araujo
%A Eduardo Balsanelli
%A Valter A. Baura
%A Leda S. Chubatsu
%A Helisson Faoro
%A Augusto Favetti
%A Geraldo Friedermann
%A Chirlei Glienke
%A Susan Karp
%A Vanessa Kava-Cordeiro
%A Roberto T. Raittz
%A Humberto J. O. Ramos
%A Enilze Maria S. F. Ribeiro
%A Liu Un Rigo
%A Saul N. Rocha
%A Stefan Schwab
%A Anilda G. Silva
%A Eliel M. Souza
%A Michelle Z. Tadra-Sfeir
%A Rodrigo A. Torres
%A Audrei N. G. Dabul
%A Maria Albertina M. Soares
%A Luciano S. Gasques
%A Ciela C. T. Gimenes
%A Juliana S. Valle
%A Ricardo R. Ciferri
%A Luiz C. Correa
%A Norma K. Murace
%A Jo£¿o A. Pamphile
%A Eliana Val¨¦ria Patussi
%A Alberto J. Prioli
%A Sonia Maria A. Prioli
%A Carmem L¨²cia M. S. C. Rocha
%A Ol¨ªvia M¨¢rcia N. Arantes
%A M¨¢rcia Cristina Furlaneto
%A Leandro P. Godoy
%A Carlos E. C. Oliveira
%A Daniele Satori
%A Laurival A. Vilas-Boas
%A Maria Ang¨¦lica E. Watanabe
%A Bibiana Paula Dambros
%A Miguel P. Guerra
%A Sandra Marisa Mathioni
%A Karine Louise Santos
%A Mario Steindel
%A Javier Vernal
%A Fernando G. Barcellos
%A Rubens J. Campo
%A Ligia Maria O. Chueire
%A Marisa Fabiana Nicol¨¢s
%A Lilian Pereira-Ferrari
%A Jos¨¦ L. da Concei£¿£¿o Silva
%A Nereida M. R. Gioppo
%A Vladimir P. Margarido
%J PLOS Genetics
%D 2011
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002064
%X The molecular mechanisms of plant recognition, colonization, and nutrient exchange between diazotrophic endophytes and plants are scarcely known. Herbaspirillum seropedicae is an endophytic bacterium capable of colonizing intercellular spaces of grasses such as rice and sugar cane. The genome of H. seropedicae strain SmR1 was sequenced and annotated by The Paran¨¢ State Genome Programme¡ªGENOPAR. The genome is composed of a circular chromosome of 5,513,887 bp and contains a total of 4,804 genes. The genome sequence revealed that H. seropedicae is a highly versatile microorganism with capacity to metabolize a wide range of carbon and nitrogen sources and with possession of four distinct terminal oxidases. The genome contains a multitude of protein secretion systems, including type I, type II, type III, type V, and type VI secretion systems, and type IV pili, suggesting a high potential to interact with host plants. H. seropedicae is able to synthesize indole acetic acid as reflected by the four IAA biosynthetic pathways present. A gene coding for ACC deaminase, which may be involved in modulating the associated plant ethylene-signaling pathway, is also present. Genes for hemagglutinins/hemolysins/adhesins were found and may play a role in plant cell surface adhesion. These features may endow H. seropedicae with the ability to establish an endophytic life-style in a large number of plant species.
%U http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1002064