Abstract
Pseudomonas fluorescens HP72, which suppresses the brown patch disease on bentgrass, produces several secondary metabolites, 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG), HCN, siderophore, and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). In this study, IAA biosynthesis in strain HP72 was investigated. After several repeated subcultures, the spontaneous IAA low-producing mutant HP72LI was isolated. The IAA low production of the strain HP72LI was due to the low tryptophan side chain oxidase (TSO) activity. Colonization of strain HP72 on the bentgrass root induced root growth reduction, while strain HP72LI did not induce such growth reduction. The colonization ability of strain HP72 on the bentgrass root is higher than that of strain HP72LI. However, as for biocontrol ability, a significant difference in both strains was not detected. IAA production by strain HP72 may play a role in the construction of short root systems and take advantage of root colonization, but does not contribute to the biocontrol properties of P. fluorescens HP72. RID=”” ID=”” <E5>Correspondence to: </E5>S. Suzuki.
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Received: 9 September 2002 / Accepted: 7 October 2002
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Suzuki, S., He, Y. & Oyaizu, H. Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production in Pseudomonas fluorescens HP72 and Its Association with Suppression of Creeping Bentgrass Brown Patch. Curr Microbiol 47, 0138–0143 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-002-3968-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-002-3968-2