Role of protein secretion systems in plant-bacteria interactions
Patricia Bernal Guzmán
Researcher "Ramón y Cajal"
PHONE NUMBER
+34-954 557116
Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla
Avenida de Reina Mercedes, 6. 41012, Sevilla
Other group members
Research lines
- Role of the Type III secretion system (T3SS) in rhizobium-legume interactions
- The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) as a biocontrol tool
- Control of protein expression by a cascade-regulated overexpression system induced by salicylate
Representative publications
- Jiménez-Guerrero I, Acosta-Jurado S, Medina C, Ollero FJ, Alias-Villegas C, Vinardell JM, Pérez-Montaño F, López-Baena FJ (2020) The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Type III secretion system effector NopC blocks nodulation with Lotus japonicus J Exp Bot 71: 6043-6056.
- Allsopp LP, Bernal P, Nolan L, Filloux A (2020) Causalities of war: The connection between T6SS and microbiota. Cell Microbiol 22: e13153 (doi: 10.1111/cmi.13153).
- Bernal P, Murillo-Torres M, Allsopp LP (2020) Integrating signals to drive T6SS killing. Environ Microbiol (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15255).
- Jiménez-Guerrero I, Pérez-Montaño F, Zdyb A, Beutler M, Werner G, Göttfert M, Ollero FJ, Vinardell JM, López-Baena FJ (2019) GunA of Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii HH103 is a T3SS-secreted cellulase that differentially affects symbiosis with cowpea and soybean. Plant Soil 435: 15-26.
- Bernal P*, Llamas MA, Filloux A (2018) Type VI secretion Systems in plant-associated bacteria. Environ Microbiol 20: 1-15.
- Bernal P*, Allsopp LP, Filloux A, Llamas MA (2017) The Pseudomonas putida T6SS is a plant warden against phytopathogens. ISME J 11: 972-987.
- Jiménez-Guerrero I, Pérez-Montaño F, Medina C, Ollero FJ, López-Baena FJ (2017) The Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii HH103 nodulation outer protein NopI Is a determinant for efficient nodulation of soybean and cowpea plants. Appl Environ Microbiol 83: (doi: 10.1128/AEM.02770-16).
- Pérez-Montaño F, Jiménez-Guerrero I, Acosta-Jurado S, Navarro-Gómez P, Ollero FJ, Ruiz-Sainz JE, López-Baena FJ, Vinardell JM (2016) A transcriptomic analysis of the effect of genistein on Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 reveals novel rhizobial genes putatively involved in symbiosis. Sci Rep 6: 31592 (doi: 10.1038/srep31592).
* Corresponding author
Grants
- López-Baena FJ (IP), Vinardell JM (co-IP), Ruiz-sainz JE, Gil A, Espuny MR, Ollero FJ, Cubo MT, Rodríguez-Carvajal MA, Medina C (2020-2023) Identification of new molecular signals and genes involved in the rhizobium-legume symbiosis. PID2019-107634RB-I00.
- Bernal P (IP), López-Baena FJ (2019-2022) Developing effective biocontrol agents to protect crop infections by exploiting their type VI secretion systems (T6SSs). RTI2018-096936-J-I00.
- López-Baena FJ (IP), Medina C (co-IP), Ruiz-Sainz JE, Buendía-Clavería A, Rodríguez-Navarro DN, Jiménez-Guerrero I (2020-2022) Legume targets for effectors secreted through the symbiotic Type 3 secretion system. US-1259948.
- Bernal P (IP), López-Baena FJ (2020-2021) Improving a biocontrol agent for crop protection through the use of a Type VI secretion system (T6SS). FEDER18-1264962.
- López-Baena FJ (IP), Ollero FJ, Espuny MR, Cubo MT, Jiménez-Guerrero I (2013-2017) The Type III secretion system in the rhizobium-legume symbiotic interaction. P11-CVI-7050.
Relevant methods
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in plant-bacteria interactions
- Bacterial physiology
Collaborations with other national and international research groups
- Thomas N. Martin (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil)
- Saul Burdman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel)
- Luke Allsopp (Imperial College, UK)
- Despoina Mavridou (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
- Eduardo Santero (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla)
