biostudies-literatureUnknown11Arrebola EUniversidad de MálagaPseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606 (PcPCL1606) is a rhizobacterium isolated from avocado roots, which is a favorable niche for its development. This strain extensively interacts with plant roots and surrounding microbes and is considered a biocontrol rhizobacterium. Genome sequencing has shown the presence of thirty-one potential methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs). Among these MCPs, two candidates are putative functional aerotaxis receptors, encoded at locus PCL1606_41090 (aer1-1) and locus PLC1606_20530 (aer1-2), that are homologous to the Aer receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PaO1. Single- and double-deletion mutants in one or both genes have led to motility deficiencies in oxygen-rich areas, particularly reduced swimming motility compared with Frontiers in microbiology1560https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7367214biostudies-literatureAer Receptors Influence the Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606 Lifestyle.PMC7367214Cazorla FMArrebola EfalseAer Receptors Influence the Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606 Lifestyle.Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606 (PcPCL1606) is a rhizobacterium isolated from avocado roots, which is a favorable niche for its development. This strain extensively interacts with plant roots and surrounding microbes and is considered a biocontrol rhizobacterium. Genome sequencing has shown the presence of thirty-one potential methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs). Among these MCPs, two candidates are putative functional aerotaxis receptors, encoded at locus PCL1606_41090 (aer1-1) and locus PLC1606_20530 (aer1-2), that are homologous to the Aer receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PaO1. Single- and double-deletion mutants in one or both genes have led to motility deficiencies in oxygen-rich areas, particularly reduced swimming motility compared with 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z20202026-05-03T22:49:08.845Z2020-11-19T13:34:52ZS-EPMC73672143275413510.3389/fmicb.2020.01560