Temporal Release of Fatty Acids and Sugars in the Spermosphere: Impacts on Enterobacter cloacae-Induced Biological Control

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 74; no. 14; pp. 4292 - 4299
• Main Authors: Windstam, Sofia, Nelson, Eric B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.07.2008; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: Antibiosis; Biological and medical sciences; Biological control; corn; cucumbers; Cucumis sativus; Cucumis sativus - metabolism; Cucumis sativus - microbiology; Enterobacter cloacae; Enterobacter cloacae - metabolism; fatty acid composition; fructose; Fructose - secretion; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Germination; glucose; Glucose - secretion; linoleic acid; Linoleic Acid - metabolism; Linoleic Acid - secretion; Microbiology; oleic acid; Plant Exudates - metabolism; Plant Microbiology; Pythium - growth & development; Pythium - pathogenicity; Pythium ultimum; saturated fatty acids; seed germination; seeds; Seeds - metabolism; sowing; sporangia; sucrose; Sucrose - metabolism; sugar acids; Time Factors; Water - metabolism; Zea mays - metabolism; Zea mays - microbiology; Enterobacter cloacae; Biological control; Bacteria; Fatty acids; Release; Sugar; Enterobacteriaceae

The aim of this study was to determine the temporal release of fatty acids and sugars from corn and cucumber seeds during the early stages of seed germination in order to establish whether sugars found in exudate can prevent exudate fatty acid degradation by Enterobacter cloacae. Both saturated (lon...