Plant-Bacteria Interactions
Research lines
- Rhizobium-legume interactions
- Pseudomonas syringae– plant interactions
- Regulation by c-di-GMP in plant interactions
Representative publications
- Soares R, Trejo J, Lorite MJ, Figueira E, Sanjuan J, Videira e Castro I (2020) Diversity, phylogeny and plant growth promotion traits of nodule associated bacteria isolated from Lotus parviflorus. Microorganisms 8: 499 (doi:10.3390/microorganisms8040499).
- Sanjuan J, Delgado MJ, Girard ML (2020) Editorial: Microbial control of the nitrogen cycle. Front Microbiol 11: 950 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00950).
- Tabares-da, R., Signorelli S, del Papa F, Sabatini O, Reyno R, Lattanzi F, Rebuffo M, Sanjuan J, Monza J (2019) Rhizobial inoculants for alfalfa in acid soils: a proposal for Uruguay. Agrociencia Uruguay 23: 1-13.
- Baena, Pérez-Mendoza D, Sauviac L, Francesch K, Martín M, Rivilla R, Bonilla I, Bruand C, Sanjuán J, Lloret J (2019) A partner-switching system controls activation of mixed-linkage β-glucan synthesis by c-di-GMP in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Environ Microbiol 21: 3379-3391 (doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14624).
- Tartaglia C, Azziz G, Lorite MJ, Sanjuán J, Monza J (2019) Phylogenetic relationships among introduced and autochthonous rhizobia nodulating Trifolium in Uruguayan soils. Appl Soil Ecol 139: 40-46.
- Pérez-Mendoza D, Felipe A, Ferreiro MD, Sanjuán J, Gallegos MT (2019) AmrZ and FleQ co-regulate cellulose production in Pseudomonas syringae tomato DC3000. Front Microbiol 10: 746 (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00746).
- Lorite MJ, Estrella MJ, Escaray F, Sannazzaro A, Videira I, Monza J, Sanjuan J, León- Barrios M (2018) The rhizobia-Lotus symbioses: deeply specific and widely diverse. Front Microbiol 9: 2055 (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02055).
- Ferreiro M, Nogales J, Farias GA, Olmedilla A, Sanjuán J, Gallegos MT (2018) Multiple CsrA proteins control key virulence traits in Pseudomonas syringae tomato DC3000. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 31: 525-536.
- Pérez-Mendoza D, Bertinetti D, Lorenz R, Gallegos MT, Herberg FW, Sanjuán J (2017) A novel c-di-GMP binding domain in glycosyltransferase BgsA is responsible for the synthesis of a mixed-linkage beta-glucan. Sci Rep 7: 8997 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09290-2).
- Lorite MJ, Flores-Félix JD, Peix Á, Sanjuán J, Velázquez E (2016) Mesorhizobium olivaresii nov. isolated from Lotus corniculatus nodules. Syst Appl Microbiol 39: 557-561.
- Sanjuán J (2016) Towards the minimal nitrogen-fixing symbiotic genome. Environ Microbiol 18: 2292–2294.
- Prada-Ramírez HA, Pérez-Mendoza D, Felipe A, Martínez-Granero F, Rivilla R, Sanjuán J Gallegos MT (2016) AmrZ regulates cellulose production in Pseudomonas syringae tomato DC3000. Mol Microbiol 99: 960-977.
- Pérez-Mendoza D, Sanjuán J (2016) Exploiting the commons: cyclic diguanylate regulation of bacterial exopolysaccharide production. Curr Opin Microbiol 30: 36-43.
- Moussaid S, Domínguez-Ferreras A, Muñoz S, Aurag J, Berraho EB, Sanjuán J (2015) Increased trehalose biosynthesis improves Mesorhizobium ciceri growth and symbiosis establishment in saline conditions. Symbiosis 67: 103-111.
- Pérez-Mendoza D, Rodríguez-Carvajal MA, Romero-Jiménez L, Farias GA, Lloret J, Gallegos MT, Sanjuán J (2015) Novel mixed-linkage β-glucan activated by c-di-GMP in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112: E757-765.
Grants
- Sanjuán J, Gallegos MT (2018-2021) Regulación por diguanilato cíclico y función de proteínas y polisacáridos extracelulares en interacciones bacteria-planta. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. BIO2017-83533.
- Sanjuán J, Gallegos MT (2015-2018) Señalización por c-di-GMP en interacciones planta-bacteria. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. BIO2014-55075-P.
- Coordinador de red: Lagares A (Argentina). Coordinador científico: Sanjuán J. (2015-2018) Uso de la biodiversidad regional para el desarrollo e implementación de prácticas sustentables de biofertilización de cultivos de importancia agroalimentaria en Iberoamérica (AgroMicrobios). Red temática CYTED, Países participantes: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, España, México, Perú, Portugal, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Relevant methods
- Bacterial genetics
- Gene expression; transcriptomics
- Protein expression: proteomics
- Bacterial identification of bacterial biopolymers
Collaborations with other national and international research groups
- Ildefonso Bonilla (Madrid)
- Jose Enrique Ruiz Sainz (Sevilla)
- Antonio Gil (Sevilla)
- Encarna Velázquez (Salamanca)
- Dulce Rodríguez Navarro (Sevilla)
- Milagros León Barrios (Tenerife)
- César Arrese-Igor (Pamplona)
- Eulogio Bedmar (Granada)
- Jorge Monza (Montevideo, Uruguay)
- Tony Lagares (La Plata Argentina)
- Oscar Ruiz (Chascomús, Argentina)
- Julia Estrella (Chascomús, Argentina)
- Isabel Videira (Oeiras, Portugal)
- Lourdes Girard/David Romero/Susana Brom (Cuernavaca, México)
- Nubia Moreno (Bogotá. Colombia)
- Jochen Schmid/Volker Sieber (Munich, Alemania)
- Friedrich Herber (Kassel, Alemania)
