Plasmid pND6-1 enhances the stability and conjugative transfer of co-resident companion plasmid pND6-2 in the naphthalene-degradative Pseudomonas putida strain ND6

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Available online 8 August 2022

Electronic Journal of BiotechnologyAbstractBackground

Bacterial cells often harbor multiple plasmids, but the interaction between these plasmids is poorly understood. Pseudomonas putida ND6, one of the typical naphthalene-degrading bacteria, contains two annotated plasmids, pND6-1 and pND6-2. The conjugative plasmid pND6-2 can be used as a helper to mobilize the naphthalene-degrading plasmid pND6-1. The role of pND6-1 in functions other than naphthalene degradation has never been explored. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the possible effect of pND6-1 on the transfer rate or maintenance of pND6-2.

Results

To investigate the interaction between pND6-1 and pND6-2, we successfully cured plasmid pND6-1 using the incompatibility method, generated the pND6-1-null strain ND6dp1, and first classified it into the IncP-7 group by curing experimental evidence. Subsequently, the pND6-1-cured mutant showed an insignificant increase in cell growth compared with the wild ND6, indicating that a lower cost was imposed on the host by pND6-1. The influences of pND6-1 on the stability and conjugation of plasmid pND6-2 were subsequently explored. The results showed that the presence of pND6-1 enhanced the stability of pND6-2 in natural host ND6 and heterologous host P. putida KT2440. In addition, the presence of pND6-1 in wild-type hosts promoted intra-specific and inter-specific conjugative transfer efficiency of pND6-2 by 3.9-6.3-fold with P. putida, P. resinovans, and P. fluorescens as the recipients, respectively.

Conclusion

Collectively, these results suggest that the plasmid pND6-1 improves the pND6-2 plasmid's stability and transfer rate in the ND6 strain with the selected recipient strains.

Keywords

Conjugative plasmid

Conjugative transfer

Co-resident plasmid

Naphthalene degrading bacteria

Plasmid

Plasmid curing

Plasmid interaction

Plasmid stability

Plasmid transfer rate

Pseudomonas putida

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