Paper · 2025 · Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

Stenotrophomonas sp. strain CK1 volatile organic compounds improved rice growth under saline conditions

Kristine Mae Y. Bentoy; Shinta; Mami Nampei; et al.

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Abstract

Abstract Plant-bacteria indirect interaction is a naturally occurring phenomenon however many aspects of this interaction remain unclear. In this study, the effects of bacterial inoculation were investigated by tissue culture experiments as indirect application to compare rice growth in saline conditions. Four isolates applied indirectly had 1.5-times greater shoot dry mass of rice under 100 mM NaCl treatment. The isolates were identified using 16S rRNA sequencing, with sequences of type strains from the genus Stenotrophomonas aligned using MEGA11, followed by model testing and phylogenetic tree construction. HS-SPME/GC–MS experiment was performed to identify the microbial volatile organic compounds that possibly contribute to the effect of indirect application. A total of 23 compounds were detected with chemical classifications: benzenoids, alkylbenzenes, esters, thioesters, sulfur compounds, amines, organosilicon, alcohols, diakyl ketone, methyl ketone, sulfides, sulfide thioesters, and ketone sulfones. Ten compounds were selected based on GC peak area. Commercially available counterparts of selected VOCs were indirectly applied using concentrations at 1 mM, 10 mM, 100 mM, and 1 M. Shoot dry weight was greater when rice seedlings were exposed to the commercially purchased 1-Butanol, 2-methyl-, (S)- (2 MB), detected in the HS-SPME/GC–MS of Stenotrophomonas sp. broth culture. Element analysis revealed significantly higher Mn, Fe, Zn shoot concentration in the rice seedlings exposed to 2 MB compared to seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl without VOC exposure. The seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl also had lower K, Ca, Mg, P, and Cu shoot element concentrations. Significant relative gene expressions of OsYSL15 , OsNAS1 , OsNAS2, and OsRMC were observed in shoot rice seedlings exposed to 2 MB in saline conditions. Thus, indirect interaction of environmental bacteria can influence plant physiology via microbial volatile organic compounds.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Four bacterial isolates increased rice shoot dry mass 1.5-fold under 100 mM NaCl.

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100 mM NaCl treatmente0

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Oryza sativa
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“Four isolates applied indirectly had 1.5-times greater shoot dry mass of rice under 100 mM NaCl treatment”

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The bacterial cultures yielded 23 detected volatile compounds.

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benzenoids, alkylbenzenes, esters, thioesters, sulfur compounds, amines, organosilicon, alcohols, diakyl ketone, methyl ketone, sulfides, sulfide thioesters, and ketone sulfonese0

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Oryza sativa
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“A total of 23 compounds were detected with chemical classifications: benzenoids, alkylbenzenes, esters, thioesters, sulfur compounds, amines, organosilicon, alcohols, diakyl ketone, methyl ketone, sulfides, sulfide thioesters, and ketone sulfones”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Exposure to 2 MB increased rice seedling shoot dry weight.

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1-Butanol, 2-methyl-, (S)- (2 MB)e0
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Stenotrophomonas sp.Stenotrophomonase0othere1
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Shoot dry weighte0
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Stenotrophomonas · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Riraq25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Shoot dry weight was greater when rice seedlings were exposed to the commercially purchased 1-Butanol, 2-methyl-, (S)- (2 MB), detected in the HS-SPME/GC–MS of Stenotrophomonas sp. broth culture”

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“Stenotrophomonas sp. broth culture”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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2 MB exposure increased rice shoot Mn, Fe, and Zn concentrations under salinity.

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seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl without VOC exposuree0

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“significantly higher Mn, Fe, Zn shoot concentration in the rice seedlings exposed to 2 MB compared to seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl without VOC exposure”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Rice seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl had lower K, Ca, Mg, P, and Cu shoot concentrations.

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“The seedlings grown in 100 mM NaCl also had lower K, Ca, Mg, P, and Cu shoot element concentrations”

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“rice”

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2 MB exposure under salinity produced significant expression responses in OsYSL15, OsNAS1, OsNAS2, and OsRMC.

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Oryza sativa
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“Significant relative gene expressions of OsYSL15 , OsNAS1 , OsNAS2, and OsRMC were observed in shoot rice seedlings exposed to 2 MB in saline conditions”

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