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Abstract : |
The present study aimed to induce a great variation existing among Rhizobium spp. that nodulate Leucaena leucocephala and Sesbania sesban, through the treatment with acridine and ascorbic acid and selection of isolates for efficiency in the symbiotic association. Bacteria were isolated from nodules of both hosts growing in Egyptian soil, subcultured, and verified to be rhizobia. The isolates varied significantly in their resistance to antibiotics and NaCl, their growth on different carbohydrates, and their effect on the pH of culture media. Most isolates showed intermediate antibiotic resistance, the capacity to use numerous carbohydrates, and a neutral to acid pH response. The mean generation time of these isolates ranged from 4.813 to 6.437 and 4.600 to 6.523 for Sesbania sesban and Leucaena leucocephala, respectively. Both acridine orange and ascorbic acid had genotoxic hazards on all rhizobial strains examined here. They demonstrated a dose-response for decreasing cell survival at the levels that are not excessively toxic to bacteria. The standard assay with pre-incubation was quite toxic to the bacteria than plate incorporation test. Acridine orange and ascorbic acid shows an increase in number of auxotrophic mutants over the spontaneous value which is evidence for their mutagenicity caused by DNA damage. The biochemical mutants obtained in this study were identified using nine plates of minimal medium, each supplemented with different combinations of four growth factors. From the results reported here, it can be concluded that acridine mutagenesis is due to an enhancement of mismatch repair. In addition, ascorbic acid may be mutagenic and cytotoxic through the generation of hydrogen peroxide., The present study aimed to induce a great variation existing among Rhizobium spp. that nodulate Leucaena leucocephala and Sesbania sesban, through the treatment with acridine and ascorbic acid and selection of isolates for efficiency in the symbiotic association. Bacteria were isolated from nodules of both hosts growing in Egyptian soil, subcultured, and verified to be rhizobia. The isolates varied significantly in their resistance to antibiotics and NaCl, their growth on different carbohydrates, and their effect on the pH of culture media. Most isolates showed intermediate antibiotic resistance, the capacity to use numerous carbohydrates, and a neutral to acid pH response. The mean generation time of these isolates ranged from 4.813 to 6.437 and 4.600 to 6.523 for Sesbania sesban and Leucaena leucocephala, respectively. Both acridine orange and ascorbic acid had genotoxic hazards on all rhizobial strains examined here. They demonstrated a dose-response for decreasing cell survival at the levels that are not excessively toxic to bacteria. The standard assay with pre-incubation was quite toxic to the bacteria than plate incorporation test. Acridine orange and ascorbic acid shows an increase in number of auxotrophic mutants over the spontaneous value which is evidence for their mutagenicity caused by DNA damage. The biochemical mutants obtained in this study were identified using nine plates of minimal medium, each supplemented with different combinations of four growth factors. From the results reported here, it can be concluded that acridine mutagenesis is due to an enhancement of mismatch repair. In addition, ascorbic acid may be mutagenic and cytotoxic through the generation of hydrogen peroxide., |
