Rapid Identification of Rhizobia Nodulating Soybean by a High-Resolution Melting Analysis

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dc.abstract.enSoybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is one of the most important and oldest crops. Due to its ability to form symbiotic interactions with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, it is a valuable source of nitrogen for agriculture and proteins for humans and livestock. In Europe, for instance, in Poland, the soybean cultivation area is still not large but is gradually increasing due to climate change. The lack of indigenous soybean microsymbionts in Polish soils forces the application of commercial strains to establish effective symbioses. Fast and reliable identification methods are needed to study the persistence, competitiveness, and dispersal of bradyrhizobia introduced as inocula. Our study aimed to apply real-time PCR coupled with high-resolution melting curve (HRM) analysis to detect and differentiate bacterial strains occupying soybean nodules. HRM-PCR was performed on crude extracts from nodules using primers specific for recA, a highly conserved nonsymbiotic gene. By comparing them with the reference strains, we were able to identify and assign Bradyrhiobium strains that had been introduced into field locations in Poland. In conclusion, HRM analysis was proven to be a fast and accurate method for identifying soybean microsymbionts and might be successfully used for identifying other legume-nodulating bacteria.
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Biotechnologii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Biochemii i Biotechnologii
dc.contributor.authorJarzyniak, Karolina Maria
dc.contributor.authorNarożna, Dorota
dc.date.access2024-11-22
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-22T08:41:09Z
dc.date.available2024-11-22T08:41:09Z
dc.date.copyright2023-06-17
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is one of the most important and oldest crops. Due to its ability to form symbiotic interactions with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, it is a valuable source of nitrogen for agriculture and proteins for humans and livestock. In Europe, for instance, in Poland, the soybean cultivation area is still not large but is gradually increasing due to climate change. The lack of indigenous soybean microsymbionts in Polish soils forces the application of commercial strains to establish effective symbioses. Fast and reliable identification methods are needed to study the persistence, competitiveness, and dispersal of bradyrhizobia introduced as inocula. Our study aimed to apply real-time PCR coupled with high-resolution melting curve (HRM) analysis to detect and differentiate bacterial strains occupying soybean nodules. HRM-PCR was performed on crude extracts from nodules using primers specific for recA, a highly conserved nonsymbiotic gene. By comparing them with the reference strains, we were able to identify and assign Bradyrhiobium strains that had been introduced into field locations in Poland. In conclusion, HRM analysis was proven to be a fast and accurate method for identifying soybean microsymbionts and might be successfully used for identifying other legume-nodulating bacteria.</jats:p>
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dc.description.number6
dc.description.points100
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/agronomy14061305
dc.identifier.issn2073-4395
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/2060
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationbiotechnology
dc.relation.ispartofAgronomy
dc.relation.pagesart. 1305
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enhigh-resolution melting PCR (HRM-PCR)
dc.subject.enGlycine max
dc.subject.ensoybean
dc.subject.ensoybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia (SNB)
dc.subject.enBradyrhizobium japonicum
dc.subject.enBradyrhizobium diazoefficiens
dc.subject.enBradyrhizobium elkanii
dc.subject.enstrain identification
dc.subject.encrude nodule extracts
dc.titleRapid Identification of Rhizobia Nodulating Soybean by a High-Resolution Melting Analysis
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