Induction of the second exopolysaccharide (EPSb) in Rhizobium meliloti SU47 by low phosphate concentrations.
AUTOR(ES)
Zhan, H J
RESUMO
In previous work, Rhizobium meliloti SU47 produced its alternative exopolysaccharide (EPSb [also called EPS II]) only in strains that were genetically altered to activate EPSb synthesis. Here we report that EPSb synthesis is not entirely cryptic but occurred under conditions of limiting phosphate. This was shown in several different exo mutants that are blocked in the synthesis of the normal exopolysaccharide, succinoglycan. In addition, EPSb biosynthetic gene expression was markedly increased by limiting phosphate. An apparent regulatory mutant that does not express alkaline phosphatase activity was unable to produce EPSb under these conditions. A mucR mutant that was previously shown to produce EPSb instead of the normal exopolysaccharide, succinoglycan, was not sensitive to phosphate inhibition of EPSb synthesis. No evidence was found to indicate that exoX, which affects succinoglycan synthesis, had any influence on EPSb synthesis. In contrast to limiting phosphate, limiting nitrogen or sulfur did not stimulate EPSb synthesis as it does succinoglycan.
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