The Distribution of Tryptophan-Dependent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis Pathways in Bacteria Unraveled by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. IAA Biosynthesis is Widely Distributed among Different Bacterial Phyla
2.2. Multiple Distinct Biosynthetic Pathways Coexist in Bacteria
2.3. Quantification of IAA Synthetic Genes in Root Environments
2.4. The Stronger Capacity of IAA Synthesis for Rhizobacteria
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Genome Retrieval and Analysis
4.2. Sample Collection for Metagenomic Sequencing
4.3. Metagenomic Sequencing and Processing
4.4. Metagenomic Binning
4.5. Phylogenetic Annotations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, P.; Jin, T.; Kumar Sahu, S.; Xu, J.; Shi, Q.; Liu, H.; Wang, Y. The Distribution of Tryptophan-Dependent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis Pathways in Bacteria Unraveled by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis. Molecules 2019, 24, 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24071411
Zhang P, Jin T, Kumar Sahu S, Xu J, Shi Q, Liu H, Wang Y. The Distribution of Tryptophan-Dependent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis Pathways in Bacteria Unraveled by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis. Molecules. 2019; 24(7):1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24071411
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Pengfan, Tao Jin, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Jin Xu, Qiong Shi, Huan Liu, and Yayu Wang. 2019. "The Distribution of Tryptophan-Dependent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis Pathways in Bacteria Unraveled by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis" Molecules 24, no. 7: 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24071411