A mutualistic bacterium rescues a green alga from an antagonist.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 121 (2024-04-09), Heft 15, S. 1-75
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Photosynthetic protists, known as microalgae, are key contributors to primary production on Earth. Since early in evolution, they coexist with bacteria in nature, and their mode of interaction shapes ecosystems. We have recently shown that the bacterium Pseudomonas protegens acts algicidal on the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It secretes a cyclic lipopeptide and a polyyne that deflagellate, blind, and lyse the algae [P. Aiyar et al., Nat. Commun. 8, 1756 (2017) and V. Hotter et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118, e2107695118 (2021)]. Here, we report about the bacterium Mycetocola lacteus, which establishes a mutualistic relationship with C. reinhardtii and acts as a helper. While M. lacteus enhances algal growth, it receives methionine as needed organic sulfur and the vitamins B 1 , B 3 , and B 5 from the algae. In tripartite cultures with the alga and the antagonistic bacterium P. protegens, M. lacteus aids the algae in surviving the bacterial attack. By combining synthetic natural product chemistry with high-resolution mass spectrometry and an algal Ca 2+ reporter line, we found that M. lacteus rescues the alga from the antagonistic bacterium by cleaving the ester bond of the cyclic lipopeptide involved. The resulting linearized seco acid does not trigger a cytosolic Ca 2+ homeostasis imbalance that leads to algal deflagellation. Thus, the algae remain motile, can swim away from the antagonistic bacteria and survive the attack. All three involved genera cooccur in nature. Remarkably, related species of Pseudomonas and Mycetocola also act antagonistically against C. reinhardtii or as helper bacteria in tripartite cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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A mutualistic bacterium rescues a green alga from an antagonist.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Carrasco Flores, David ; Hotter, Vivien ; Vuong, Trang ; Hou, Yu ; Bando, Yuko ; Scherlach, Kirstin ; Burgunter-Delamare, Bertille ; Hermenau, Ron ; Komor, Anna J. ; Aiyar, Prasad ; Rose, Magdalena ; Sasso, Severin ; Arndt, Hans-Dieter ; Hertweck, Christian ; Mittag, Maria |
Zeitschrift: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 121 (2024-04-09), Heft 15, S. 1-75 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0027-8424 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.2401632121 |
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