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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 285-292, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.285-292.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nitrobenzoates and Aminobenzoates Are Chemoattractants for Pseudomonas Strains

Rebecca E. Parales*

Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Received 25 August 2003/ Accepted 22 October 2003

Three Pseudomonas strains were tested for the ability to sense and respond to nitrobenzoate and aminobenzoate isomers in chemotaxis assays. Pseudomonas putida PRS2000, a strain that grows on benzoate and 4-hydroxybenzoate by using the ß-ketoadipate pathway, has a well-characterized ß-ketoadipate-inducible chemotactic response to aromatic acids. PRS2000 was chemotactic to 3- and 4-nitrobenzoate and all three isomers of aminobenzoate when grown under conditions that induce the benzoate chemotactic response. P. putida TW3 and Pseudomonas sp. strain 4NT grow on 4-nitrotoluene and 4-nitrobenzoate by using the ortho (ß-ketoadipate) and meta pathways, respectively, to complete the degradation of protocatechuate derived from 4-nitrotoluene and 4-nitrobenzoate. However, based on results of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase assays, both strains were found to use the ß-ketoadipate pathway for the degradation of benzoate. Both strains were chemotactic to benzoate, 3- and 4-nitrobenzoate, and all three aminobenzoate isomers after growth with benzoate but not succinate. Strain TW3 was chemotactic to the same set of aromatic compounds after growth with 4-nitrotoluene or 4-nitrobenzoate. In contrast, strain 4NT did not respond to any aromatic acids when grown with 4-nitrotoluene or 4-nitrobenzoate, apparently because these substrates are not metabolized to the inducer (ß-ketoadipate) of the chemotaxis system. The results suggest that strains TW3 and 4NT have a ß-ketoadipate-inducible chemotaxis system that responds to a wide range of aromatic acids and is quite similar to that present in PRS2000. The broad specificity of this chemotaxis system works as an advantage in strains TW3 and 4NT because it functions to detect diverse carbon sources, including 4-nitrobenzoate.

* Mailing address: Section of Microbiology, 226 Briggs Hall, 1 Shields Ave., University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 754-5233. Fax: (530) 752-9014. E-mail: reparales{at}ucdavis.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 285-292, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.285-292.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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