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Assaying for Inorganic Polyphosphate in Bacteria
Published on: January 21, 2019
Survival of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria against DNA damaging agents
Manoj Shrivastava1, Yogendra S Rajpurohit, Hari S Misra
1Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. shriman31@rediffmail.com
Abstract:
Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSBs) were isolated from different plant rhizosphere soils of various agroecological regions of India. These isolates showed synthesis of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), production of gluconic acid, and release of phosphorus from insoluble tricalcium phosphate. The bacterial isolates synthesizing PQQ also showed higher tolerance to ultraviolet C radiation and mitomycin C as compared to Escherichia coli but were less tolerant than Deinococcus radiodurans. Unlike E. coli, PSB isolates showed higher tolerance to DNA damage when grown in the absence of inorganic phosphate. Higher tolerance to ultraviolet C radiation and oxidative stress in these PSBs grown under PQQ synthesis inducible conditions, namely phosphate starvation, might suggest the possible additional role of this redox cofactor in the survival of these isolates under extreme abiotic stress conditions.
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