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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2658-2663, Vol. 66, No. 6
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rhizobitoxine Production by Bradyrhizobium elkanii Enhances Nodulation and Competitiveness on Macroptilium atropurpureum

Ken-Ichi Yuhashi,1,2 Norikazu Ichikawa,1 Hiroshi Ezura,2 Shoichiro Akao,3 Yasuo Minakawa,4 Noriyuki Nukui,1 Tsuyoshi Yasuta,1 and Kiwamu Minamisawa1,4,*

Institute of Genetic Ecology, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577,1 Plant Biotechnology Institute, Ibaraki Agricultural Center, Ago, Iwama, Nishi-Ibaraki, 319-0292,2 Department of Plant Physiology, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602;3 and School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393,4 Japan

Received 13 September 1999/Accepted 22 March 2000

Application of 1-aminoocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, an ethylene precursor, decreased nodulation of Macroptilium atropurpureum by Bradyrhizobium elkanii. B. elkanii produces rhizobitoxine, an ethylene synthesis inhibitor. Elimination of rhizobitoxine production in B. elkanii increased ethylene evolution and decreased nodulation and competitiveness on M. atropurpureum. These results suggest that rhizobitoxine enhances nodulation and competitiveness of B. elkanii on M. atropurpureum.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Genetic Ecology, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan. Phone: 81-22-217-5687. Fax: 81-22-263-9845. E-mail: kiwamu{at}ige.tohoku.ac.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2658-2663, Vol. 66, No. 6
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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