Competition for iron shapes metabolic antagonism between Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas
Lyng, M.; Jorgensen, J. P. B.; Schostag, M. D.; Jarmusch, S. A.; Aguilar, D. K. C.; Lozano-Andrade, C. N.; Kovacs, A. T.
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Siderophores have long been implicated in sociomicrobiology as determinants of bacterial interrelations. For plant-associated genera like Bacillus and Pseudomonas, siderophores are well known for their biocontrol functions. Here, we explored the functional role of the Bacillus subtilis siderophore bacillibactin in an antagonistic interaction with Pseudomonas marginalis. The presence of bacillibactin strongly influenced the outcome of the interaction in an iron-dependent manner. The bacillibactin producer B. subtilis restricts colony spreading of P. marginalis by repressing the transcription of histidine kinase-encoding gene gacS, thereby abolishing production of secondary metabolites such as pyoverdine and viscosin. By contrast, lack of bacillibactin restricted B. subtilis colony growth in a mechanism reminiscent of a siderophore tug-of-war for iron. Our analysis revealed that the Bacillus-Pseudomonas interaction is conserved across fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., expanding our understanding of the interplay between two genera of the most well-studied soil microbes.
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