Comparative Genomics Assisted Functional Characterization of Rahnella aceris ZF458 as a Novel Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium.

ABSTRACT: Many Rahnella strains have been widely described as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria with the potential to benefit plant growth and protect plants from pathogens. R. aceris ZF458 is a beneficial plant bacterium isolated from swamp soil with the potential for biocontrol. Strain ZF458 has shown broad-spectrum antagonistic activities against a variety of plant pathogens and exhibited a dramatic effect on controlling Agrobacterium tumefaciens in sunflowers. The R. aceris ZF458 genome sequence contained a 4,861,340-bp circular chromosome and two plasmids, with an average G + C content of 52.20%. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that R. aceris ZF458 was closely related to R. aceris SAP-19. Genome annotation and comparative genomics identified the c

SUBMITTER: Xu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9015054 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature