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. 1986 Mar;165(3):696-703.
doi: 10.1128/jb.165.3.696-703.1986.

Molecular cloning of genetic determinants for inhibition of fungal growth by a fluorescent pseudomonad

N I Gutterson, T J Layton, J S Ziegle, G J Warren

Molecular cloning of genetic determinants for inhibition of fungal growth by a fluorescent pseudomonad

N I Gutterson et al. J Bacteriol. 1986 Mar.

Abstract

Pseudomonas fluorescens HV37a inhibits growth of the fungus Pythium ultimum in vitro. Optimal inhibition is observed on potato dextrose agar, a rich medium. Mutations eliminating fungal inhibition were obtained after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Mutants were classified by cosynthesis and three groups were distinguished, indicating that a minimum of three genes are required for fungal inhibition. Cosmids that contain wild-type alleles of the genes were identified in an HV37a genomic library by complementation of the respective mutants. This analysis indicated that three distinct genomic regions were required for fungal inhibition. The cosmids containing these loci were mapped by transposon insertion mutagenesis. Two of the cosmids were found to contain at least two genes each. Therefore, at least five genes in HV37a function as determinants of fungal inhibition.

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