Augmenting Sulfur Metabolism and Herbivore Defense in Arabidopsis by Bacterial Volatile Signaling

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dc.creatorAziz, Mina (TTU)
dc.creatorNadipalli, Ranjith K. (TTU)
dc.creatorXie, Xitao (TTU)
dc.creatorSun, Yan (TTU)
dc.creatorSurowiec, Kazimierz (TTU)
dc.creatorZhang, Jin-Lin
dc.creatorParé, Paul W. (TTU)
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T17:05:29Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T17:05:29Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description© 2016 Aziz, Nadipalli, Xie, Sun, Surowiec, Zhang and Paré. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.en_US
dc.description.abstractSulfur is an element necessary for the life cycle of higher plants. Its assimilation and reduction into essential biomolecules are pivotal factors determining a plant’s growth and vigor as well as resistance to environmental stress. While certain soil microbes can enhance ion solubility via chelating agents or oxidation, microbial regulation of plant-sulfur assimilation has not been reported. With an increasing understanding that soil microbes can activate growth and stress tolerance in plants via chemical signaling, the question arises as to whether such beneficial bacteria also regulate sulfur assimilation. Here we report a previously unidentified mechanism by which the growth-promoting rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (GB03) transcriptionally activates genes responsible for sulfur assimilation, increasing sulfur uptake and accumulation in Arabidopsis. Transcripts encoding for sulfur-rich aliphatic and indolic glucosinolates are also GB03 induced. As a result, GB03-exposed plants with elevated glucosinolates exhibit greater protection against the generalist herbivore, Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm, BAW). In contrast, a previously characterized glucosinolate mutant compromised in the production of both aliphatic and indolic glucosinolates is also compromised in terms of GB03-induced protection against insect herbivory. As with in vitro studies, soil-grown plants show enhanced glucosinolate accumulation and protection against BAW feeding with GB03 exposure. These results demonstrate the potential of microbes to enhance plant sulfur assimilation and emphasize the sophisticated integration of microbial signaling in plant defense.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAziz M, Nadipalli RK, Xie X, Sun Y, Surowiec K, Zhang J-L and Paré PW (2016) Augmenting Sulfur Metabolism and Herbivore Defense in Arabidopsis by Bacterial Volatile Signaling. Front. Plant Sci. 7:458. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00458en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/90731
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectPlant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteriaen_US
dc.subjectBacillus amyloliquefaciens GB03en_US
dc.subjectBacterial Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)en_US
dc.subjectGlucosinolates (GSL)en_US
dc.subjectSulfur Assimilationen_US
dc.subjectPlant-Defense Primingen_US
dc.titleAugmenting Sulfur Metabolism and Herbivore Defense in Arabidopsis by Bacterial Volatile Signalingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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