Transcriptomic response of Sinorhizobium meliloti to the predatory attack of Myxococcus xanthus.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial predation impacts microbial community structures, which can have both positive and negative effects on plant and animal health and on environmental sustainability. Myxococcus xanthus is an epibiotic soil predator with a broad range of prey, including Sinorhizobium meliloti, which establishes nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legumes. During the M. xanthus-S. meliloti interaction, the predator must adapt its transcriptome to kill and lyse the target (predatosome), and the prey must orchestrate a transcriptional response (defensome) to protect itself against the biotic stress caused by the predatory attack. Here, we describe the transcriptional changes taking place in S. meliloti in response to myxobacterial predation. The results indicate that the p

SUBMITTER: Soto MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10315480 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature