PMID- 27263830 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180206 LR - 20180416 IS - 1872-8359 (Electronic) IS - 0167-7012 (Linking) VI - 128 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Construction of probe of the plant growth-promoting bacteria Bacillus subtilis useful for fluorescence in situ hybridization. PG - 125-129 LID - S0167-7012(16)30126-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.05.029 [doi] AB - Strains of Bacillus subtilis are plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) of many crops and are used as inoculants. PGPB colonization is an important trait for success of a PGPB on plants. A specific probe, based on the 16 s rRNA of Bacillus subtilis, was designed and evaluated to distinguishing, by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), between this species and the closely related Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The selected target for the probe was between nucleotides 465 and 483 of the gene, where three different nucleotides can be identified. The designed probe successfully hybridized with several strains of Bacillus subtilis, but failed to hybridize not only with B. amyloliquefaciens, but also with other strains such as Bacillus altitudinis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus gibsonii, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus pumilus; and with the external phylogenetic strains Azospirillum brasilense Cd, Micrococcus sp. and Paenibacillus sp. The results showed the specificity of this molecular probe for B. subtilis. FAU - Posada, Luisa F AU - Posada LF AD - Department of Process Engineering, Cra 49 #7 sur-50, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia. FAU - Alvarez, Javier C AU - Alvarez JC AD - Departament of Biological Sciences, Cra 49 #7 sur-50, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia. FAU - Hu, Chia-Hui AU - Hu CH AD - Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. FAU - de-Bashan, Luz E AU - de-Bashan LE AD - The Bashan Institute of Science, 1730 Post Oak Ct., AL 36830, USA; Environmental Microbiology Group, Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR), Av. IPN 195, La Paz, B.C.S. 23096, Mexico; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. FAU - Bashan, Yoav AU - Bashan Y AD - The Bashan Institute of Science, 1730 Post Oak Ct., AL 36830, USA; Environmental Microbiology Group, Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR), Av. IPN 195, La Paz, B.C.S. 23096, Mexico; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. Electronic address: bashan@bashanfoundation.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160602 PL - Netherlands TA - J Microbiol Methods JT - Journal of microbiological methods JID - 8306883 RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) SB - IM MH - Bacillus/classification/*genetics MH - Bacillus subtilis/*classification/*genetics/isolation & purification MH - Base Sequence MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/*genetics MH - Rhizosphere MH - *Soil Microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - B. amyloliquefaciens OT - Bacillus subtilis OT - Fluorescence in situ hybridization OT - Specific probe EDAT- 2016/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/07 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/05/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0167-7012(16)30126-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.05.029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Microbiol Methods. 2016 Sep;128:125-129. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.05.029. Epub 2016 Jun 2.