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Isolation, colonization and chlorpyrifos degradation mediation of the endophytic bacterium Sphingomonas strain HJY in Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) Fayun Feng, Jing Ge, Yisong Li, Jinjin Cheng, Jianfeng Zhong, and Xiangyang Yu J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b05283 • Publication Date (Web): 19 Jan 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 24, 2017

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Isolation, colonization and chlorpyrifos degradation mediation of the

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endophytic bacterium Sphingomonas strain HJY in Chinese chive (Allium

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tuberosum)

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Fayun Fenga,b#, Jing Gea,b#, Yisong Lic, Jinjin Chenga, Jianfeng Zhong b, Xiangyang

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Yu a,b,*

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a Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base,

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50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China

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b Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling

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Street, Nanjing 210014, China

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c Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural College, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, 832000

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 *Correspondence to: Xiangyang Yu, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China. E-mail: [email protected] # These authors contributed equally to this work

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ABSTRACT: The interaction of endophyte-plant can benefit the host in many

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different ways. An endophytic bacterium strain (HJY) capable of degrading

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chlorpyrifos (CP) was isolated from Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex

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Spreng). The isolated bacterium HJY classified as Sphingomonas sp. Strain HJY

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could use chlorpyrifos as the sole carbon source. After being marked with the gfp

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gene, the colonization and distribution of strain HJY-gfp was directly observed in

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different tissues of Chinese chives with confocal laser scanning microscope. The

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inoculation of strain HJY-gfp in Chinese chives resulted in a higher degradation of CP

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inside the plants than in noninoculated plants. With drench application, up to 70% and

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66% of CP was removed from shoots and roots of inoculated Chinese chives,

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respectively. Moreover, up to 75% of CP was removed from the soil containing plants

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inoculated with HJY-gfp. With foliage application, the applied concentration of

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chlorpyrifos affected the degradation performance of strain HJY in Chinese chives.

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Significant differences were only observed between inoculated and noninoculated

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Chinese chives with the low applied concentration of CP. Together, other than natural

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endophyte-assisted plant protection for food safety, interaction of HJY and plant may

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be also a promising strategy for in situ bioremediation of soil contaminated with CP.

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KEYWORDS:

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Degradation, Food safety, Bioremediation

Sphigomonas

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Chlorpyrifos,

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INTRODUCTION

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The utilization of synthetic pesticides is the most effective measure to control

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pests among all of the alternatives.1 However, there are increasing concerns about

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excessive use of synthetic pesticides leading to residues in foodstuffs, pesticide

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resistance, environmental contamination, etc. Availability of adequate food supplies

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to sustain expanding food consumption becomes a serious issue, especially in China

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which has the world’s largest population and limited arable land. Therefore,

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agrichemical use is crucial to ensure food supply. While applying properly, the

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residues should be lower than the statutory Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs).2

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Understanding the factors responsible for the metabolism and detoxification of

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pesticide residues in plants can aid the development of new technology to efficiently

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control pests while resulting in minimal residues in food.

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Endophytes are nonpathogenic microorganisms that colonize healthy plant tissues

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intracellularly and/or intercellularly.3 Endophytic bacteria have been found in virtually

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every plant studied. They colonize internal tissues of host plants and can form a range

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of different relationships, including symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and

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trophobiosis.4 Endophytes play an important role in the adaptation of plants to the

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polluted environments and in the improvement of phytoremediation. Endophytes can

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alleviate the phytotoxicity of pollutants5, 6, reduce the bioaccumulation of pollutants in

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plants6, engage in the transportation and accumulation of metal ions in plants, increase

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plants’ tolerances to heavy metals (and even be utilized in heavy metal

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bioremediation)7, 8, promote plant growth at contaminated sites9, 3

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chemical defense compounds to protect the host.11 Recently, Dimitroula et al reported

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that the endophytic bacteria Pseudomonas sp. strain R16 and Ochrobactrum sp. strain

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R24 were chosen for chromium (VI) reduction assays.12 To date, several persistent

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organic pollutants (POP)-degrading endophytic bacteria have been isolated from

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plants grown in POP-contaminated soils.10, 12, 13 Some of the endophytic bacteria that

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have been successfully colonized in plants improved in planta degradation of

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pollutants and reduced evapotranspiration.3, 14 However, no report was found to use

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pesticide-degrading endophytes and plants interactions for the consideration of food

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safety. Pesticide residue is a critical issue on agricultural products nowadays,

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plant-endophyte partnership can be used to accelerate degradation of pesticides in

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crops, thereby decreasing the accumulation of pesticides and reducing the risks to

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human health.

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Chlorpyrifos

(CP),

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O-diethyl-O-(3,

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6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl)-phosphorothioate), is a broad-spectrum, moderately toxic

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chlorinated organophosphate insecticide that is used extensively in agricultural

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industries.15 In recent years, it has also been widely employed worldwide for the

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control of household and subterranean pests.16 However, CP has been reported to have

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side-effects on sperm activity17 and the hepatic and renal function18 of humans.

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Prenatal exposure to CP has a strong link with low birth weight, smaller head size of

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infants, and delayed neurodevelopment of children.19, 20 CP has also been identified as

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an environmental breast cancer risk factor.21 In China, CP is commonly used to

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control the larvae of Bradysia odoriphaga Yang et Zhang, which is a destructive 4

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underground insect pest causing significantly yield losses in Chinese chives

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production. The larvae often live in the roots and stems of the underground part of

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Chinese chives, which makes it difficult to control the pest through foliage application

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of the chemicals. Massive use of CP with drench application to control the pests posed

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a high risk of CP residues in Chinese chives through root uptake.22

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The present study focused on an endophytic bacterium (Sphingomonas sp. strain

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HJY) isolated from the leaves of Chinese chives that showed potential ability for CP

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degradation. The main objective was to determine the potential ability of HJY

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colonization to enhance the degradation of CP in Chinese chives. Studies were

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conducted to screen the Chinese chives endophytes for their CP-degradation ability

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and degrade CP in vitro, to observe the colonization of the endophyte in the different

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part of Chinese chives, and to investigate the degradation performance of CP in soil

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containing plants inoculated with the endophyte. The results will provide a practical

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way to use plant-endophte interaction to accelerate the degradation of CP residues in

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Chinese chives which could be a promising approach for the safety of Chinese chives

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production and consumption. The results could also provide biomaterial for the

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remediation of CP contaminated soil.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Chemicals and media. CP (99.9%) was obtained from Dr. Ehrenstorfer GmbH

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(Augsburg, Germany). All the other reagents used in the study were of analytical

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grade and purchased from Xilong Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shantou, China). 40% CP EC 5

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was purchased from Hubei Xianlong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Hubei, China).

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The mineral salt media (MSM) were prepared by dissolving MgSO4·7H2O (0.4 g),

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FeSO4·7H2O (0.2 g), K2HPO4 (0.2 g), (NH4)2SO4 (0.2 g), and CaSO4, (0.08 g) in 1 L

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of water. The pH of MSM was 7.0. The stock solution of CP (20 g/L) was prepared by

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dissolving CP in acetonitrile and filtering through a membrane (0.22 µm). The

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enriched media was obtained by adding yeast extract (1.0 g/L) and tryptone (1.0 g/L)

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to MSM. The glucose medium consisted MSM supplemented with 1% glucose.

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Luria-Bertani (LB) medium (pH 7.0) contained tryptone (10.0 g/L), yeast extract (5.0

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g/L), and NaCl (10.0 g/L).

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Isolation and identification of CP-degrading endophytic bacterium strain

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HJY. Chinese chives treated with CP to control underground pests during the growth

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period were collected from the experimental field of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural

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Sciences in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Plant samples were thoroughly washed with

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running tap water for 10 min to remove the adhering soil. The samples were separated

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into roots, stems and leaves and then surface disinfected to eliminate epiphytic

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bacteria. The protocol of surface disinfection was based on the method described by 23.

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Briefly, plant tissues were immersed in 75% ethanol for 3 min, followed by 3 rinses

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with sterile water. Then, the tissue samples were soaked in a sodium hypochlorite

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solution (2.5%, w/v) for 5 min and then rinsed 5 times with sterile water. The

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efficiency of surface sterilization was checked by placing 100 µL aliquots of the final

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rinsing water on LB solid medium and incubated at 30°C for 2 days. After surface

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sterilization, plant samples were cut into small pieces and ground in a sterilized mortar. 6

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The ground plant samples was placed onto enriched media containing 100 mg⋅L-1 CP

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at 30°C for 2~7 days. The endophytic bacteria growing out from the extracts were

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transferred five times to MSM agar plates containing 10~100 mg⋅L-1 CP as the sole

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carbon source. The candidate colonies growing on the MSM plates consecutively and

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developing transparent degradation zones around CP were purified on enriched media

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plates and stored in enriched media slants for further study.

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Strain HJY was identified based on morphological, physiological and biochemical

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tests according to Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology

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gene sequence analysis. The 16S rRNA gene was amplified by PCR using the

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universal

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(5’-GGTTACCTTGTT ACGACTT-3’).25 The PCR was performed as follows: 5 min

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of denaturation (95°C), followed by 30 cycles of 95°C for 1 min, 56°C for 1 min,

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72°C for 2 min, and extension at 72°C for 10 min. The PCR products were purified by

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agarose gel electrophoresis and sequenced from both directions at Shanghai Sangon

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Biotech Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). Alignment of 16S rRNA gene sequences from

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GenBank was performed using ClustalX 1.8.1 with default settings. Phylogenetic and

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molecular analyses were conducted using MEGA 6.06. Distances were calculated

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using the Kimura 2–parameter distance model. Unrooted trees were built by the

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neighbor-joining method. The dataset was bootstrapped 1000 times.

primers

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Construction of gfp-tagged strain HJY. Shuttle vector pAD43-45 encodes for

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ampicillin resistance and contains a gfpmut3a gene, which is for high-level

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constitutive expression of a Green Fluorescent Protein variant 7

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transferred into strain HJY mutant resistant to rifampicin (300 µg/ml) using triparental

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mating method

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strain HJY were grown on LB agar containing 100 mg L-1 ampicillin, 25 mg

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L-1 kanamycin and 300 mg L-1 rifampicin. Fluorescence microscopy was used to

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observe the expected green fluorescence of 10-15 colonies from each transconjugation.

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For further confirmation of positive transconjugants, the plasmid pAD43-45 was

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extracted and the 16SrDNA sequence was also analyzed.

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with E.coli HB101 (pRK2013) as a helper

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. Transconjugants of

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Degradation of CP in liquid cultures by strain HJY. The best growing

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endophytic bateria from the screening experiment was selected for further

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CP-degradation verification. Briefly, the isolate of strain HJY was grown in LB

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medium overnight at 30°C and 150 rpm in a rotary shaker, harvested by centrifugation

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and washed with autoclaved N-saline (0.85% NaCl in distilled water), and then

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resuspended in MSM medium adjusted to an OD600 of 0.2. CP was added at a

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concentration of 20 mg⋅L-1 to 250 mL flask containing 125 mL of MSM medium. The

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flask was covered with Teflon bottle stopper and shaken at 200rpm on a rotary shaker

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in the dark at 30°C. The concentration of CP in the MSM solution was measured at

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different time intervals during incubation with HPLC, and the OD600nm values were

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measured using an ultraviolet spectrophotometer. Sterilized MSM medium or glucose

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medium without HJY inoculation was used as controls. Effect of different glucose

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levels (0.5, 1, 2, or 5%) in the medium on degradation of CP by strain HJY was

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studied. The pH of the media was adjusted to 7.0 with 1 mol⋅L-1 NaOH and 1 mol⋅L-1

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HCl prior to disinfection. The experiment was done in triplicates. 8

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Inoculation and plant experiment. The seed culture of strain HJY was grown in

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LB media overnight at 30°C and 150 rpm in a rotary shaker. The cells were harvested

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by centrifugation at 5000g for 15 min at 4°C. The pellets were washed twice with

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autoclaved N-saline (0.85% NaCl in distilled water) and resuspended in N-saline. The

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optical density was adjusted to 1.0 OD600nm (compared with sterile N-saline).

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Inoculation of Chinese chives with strain HJY was conducted by immersing the root

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in the inoculant solution overnight. Shoots of Chinese chives collected from the field

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were washed with tap water to remove the adhered soil. The leaves were then cut off

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and the main roots were cut to about 3 cm long. Thereafter, the roots of Chinese

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chives were immerged in the inoculant solution for 24 h, and the roots placed in

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bacterial free solutions were used as controls.

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Chinese chives were planted in pots filled with 5 kg of non-sterile soil. Plant

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cultivation was carried out under greenhouse conditions set at 25 °C / 18 °C day/night

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with 12-h light/dark regime. CP was applied to Chinese chives through two different

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treatments: root and foliage application. For root application, 40% CP EC was

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dissolved in tap water to form different concentrations of CP suspension and 10 ml of

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the suspension were directly applied into the surrounding soil of Chinese chives at

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four different concentrations (40 mg active ingredient (ai) pot-1, 120 mg ai pot-1, 200

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mg ai pot-1, and 400 mg ai pot-1). For foliage application, CP was only applied to the

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above ground part of Chinese chives at two different levels (diluted 100 and 1000

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times). To avoid any contamination on the soil or root, plastic film was used to cover

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the plant soil when CP was applied to the above ground part of Chinese chives. All the 9

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treatments were carried out in triplicate. Chinese chives and the surrounding soil

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samples were collected to test CP concentrations 30 days after the application for root

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treatment. For foliage application, Chinese chives samples were collected in different

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intervals to test the population of HJY (root, stem and leaf) and CP concentrations

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(aboveground part).

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Population and visualization of strain HJY within plant tissues. The

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quantities of strain HJY in Chinese chives roots, shoots and stems were determined by

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counting the CFUs on plates. Plant samples were surface-sterilized by sequentially

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immersing in 75% ethanol followed by a 0.1% sodium hypochlorite solution. Then

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the tissues were rinsed three times with sterile water, ground and grown on LB plates

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containing 100 mg L-1 ampicillin, 25 mg L-1 kanamycin and 300 mg L-1 rifampicin.

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The cell counts of strain HJY were taken under UV light.

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In order to observe the localization and distribution of strain HJY in Chinese chives,

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the plant tissues were hand cut under aseptic condition and fixed on glass slides using

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10% (v/v) glycerol (microscopy grade), then the excised tissues were examined using

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Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (UltraVIEWVoX 3D Live Cell Imaging

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System). Uninoculated plants were used as controls.

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Analysis of CP in plant and soil samples. The procedure for extraction of CP in

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plant and soil was adopted from our previous study 29. Shoots: Shoots samples were

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homogenized with a blender. An aliquot of 5.0 g shoots sample was extracted with 10

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mL of acetonitrile. After vortexing for 1 min and homogenizing for 2 min, 2.0 g NaCl

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at 3802 g, 1 mL of super was dried under a gentle nitrogen gas stream and redissolved

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in n-hexane for cleanup. The extracts were subjected to florisil cleanup with the

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procedure as follows: A mass of 0.5 g florisil was placed into a 0.5 cm diameter glass

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pipettes with frit at the bottom. The column was sequentially conditioned with 5 mL

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of hexane: acetone (90:10) and 5 mL of hexane. The sample extract was loaded on the

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top of the column, and the eluent was collected with a 10-mL test tube. The tube

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contained the sample extract was rinsed with 5 mL of hexane: acetone (90:10) and the

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solution was loaded on the top of the column. The eluent was collected into the same

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10-mL test tube. The eluent was dried under a gentle nitrogen stream and dissolved in

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1 mL of acetone. Then the extract was filtered through a 0.22-µm membrane into a

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sample vial for analysis. Roots: Root samples were cut into fine pieces. An aliquot of

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1.0 g root sample was extracted with 5 mL of acetone. After vortexing for 1 min and

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homogenizing for 2 min, 2.0 g NaCl was added to the mixture then vortex for another

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min. After centrifugation for 5 min at 3802 g, 1 mL of super was dried under a gentle

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nitrogen gas stream and dissolved in 1 mL of acetone. Then the extract was filtered

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through a 0.22-µm membrane into a sample vial for analysis. Soil: An aliquot of 5.0 g

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soil sample was mixed with 5 g NaCl and extracted with 20 mL of acetonitrile. The

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mixture was vortexed for 1 min, extracted with ultrasound for 30 min and shaken with

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a shaker for 2 h. Then the mixture was centrifuged for 5 min at 3802 g. One milliliter

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of the supernatant was dried under a gentle nitrogen stream and dissolved in 1 mL of

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acetone. Then the extract was filtered through a 0.22-µm membrane into a sample vial

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All samples were analyzed with an Agilent 6890N GC-ECD. The GC-ECD was

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equipped with a capillary column (HP-5, 30.0 m × 250 µm × 0.25 µm). The flow rate

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of the carrier gas was 1.0 mL.min- 1. The inlet and detector temperatures were 270 and

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280 °C, respectively. The temperature program was as follows: 120 °C, 30 °C.min- 1

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to 230 °C, held for 5 min, 20 °C.min- 1 to 270 °C, held for 2 min. The injection

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volume was 1.0 µL.

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Statistical analysis. Independent Samples t-test was used to compare the

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differences between different treatments. The level of statistical significance was

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defined at p < 0.05. All statistical analyses were performed in SPSS 16.0 software.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Isolation, characterization and gfp-labeling of strain HJY. The CP-degrading

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endophytic bacterium Sphingomonas sp HJY was isolated from Chinese chives

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treated with CP in the early growth period. The colonies of strain HJY were yellow,

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smooth and wet on LB plates within 36 h at 30°C. The bacterium is Gram-negative

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with a straight rod-shaped and a single polar flagellum. Endospores were not found.

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The physiological and biochemical tests showed that HJY was positive for catalase,

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oxidase, citrate utilization, the V-P test, phenylalanine deaminase, ornithine

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decarboxylase, arginine dihydrolase and lysine decarboxylase and negative for

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gluconate and malonate utilization, gelatin liquefaction, nitrate reduction, the M-R

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test and the indole test. Comparative analyses of the 16S rDNA sequence showed that

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strain HJY was 98.6% identical to Sphingomonas yabuuchiae strain A1-18 12

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(NR_028634.1) and 98.1% identical to Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis strain G1-2

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(NR_042578.1). A phylogenetic tree including strain HJY and related type strains

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(obtained from EzBioCloud) is presented in Fig. 1. These results indicated that strain

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HJY belonged to the genus Sphingomonas.

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Bacteria belonging to the genus Sphingomonas have been extensively studied

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over the last few decades due to their metabolic versatility. Several Sphingomonas sp.

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strains isolated from polluted soils/sediments or treated plants showed activity in the

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degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)30,

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study demonstrates that the endophytic bacterium in Chinese chives belonging to

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Sphingomonas sp. greatly enhances chlorpyrifos degradation in plants.

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or pesticides.25 This

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The plasmid pAD43-45 constitutively expressed gfp in the transconjugants which

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emitted green fluorescence under fluorescent microscopy (Fig. S1). The cell and

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colony morphologies were identical between the original strain HJY and the

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gfp-tagged strain (data not shown). The CP degrading ability and the growth rates

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were similar, suggesting little growth burden for plasmid on strain HJY. After growth

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for 20 generations with and without antibiotic pressure, up to 90% of the gfp-tagged

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cells can grow on LB agar containing the three antibiotics mentioned above,

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suggesting a considerable stability and suitable for a long-term monitoring of

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gfp-tagged strain HJY.

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Biodegradation of CP by strain HJY in culture solution. The growth of strain

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HJY in liquid MSM spiked with 20 mg⋅L-1 CP as the sole carbon source and the

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removal of CP were analyzed (Fig. 2 top). As can be seen in Fig. 2 top, the cell 13

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density increased in the first 3 days and then day 6 to 12, decreased slightly from day

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3 to 6 and day 12 to 15. The data indicated that strain HJY utilized CP as the sole

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carbon source. The slight decrease in HJY growth from day 3 to 6 could be attributed

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to the fast accumulation of CP metabolites, which caused growth inhibition of HJY.25,

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medium within 12 days, while less than 10% of CP was removed from the control

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MSM culture.

More than 90% of CP (initial CP concentration 20 mg/L) was removed from the

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The growth of strain HJY and the degradation of CP were greatly influenced in

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the presence of glucose (Fig. 2 bottom). The growth acceleration mainly occurred on

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the first day of inoculation. Accordingly, the removal of CP from the glucose amended

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medium was much greater than the medium without glucose. More than 50% of CP

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was removed on the first day in the medium containing 1% glucose. After a period of

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fast growth, the cell density of strain HJY maintained a relatively high stationary level.

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The CP removal maintained a steady rate of approximately 2 mg⋅L-1⋅day-1 until more

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than 98% of CP was degraded in 6 days. The degradation rate of CP increased along

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with the addition level of glucose. After a day, approximately 60.7, 53.6, and 48.9%

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of the CP was removed from the media enriched with 5, 1, and 0.5% of glucose,

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respectively.

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Some efficient CP degraders were previously reported. For example, Cupriavidus

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sp. DT-1 could degrade nearly 100% of 100 mg L-1 CP in 6 h 33 and Pseudomonas sp.

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Iso 1 could degrade approximately 91% of 500 mg⋅L-1 CP at a rate of 300 mg⋅L-1⋅d-1 34.

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endophytic bacteria. Strain HJY was isolated from the interior of the plants, which

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usually did not suffer from high levels of CP stress compared to bacteria from

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polluted soil or water. Recently, there has been an increase effort to enhance the

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efficacy

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plant-endophyte

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Burkholderia fungorum DBT1 into a hybrid poplar improved the phytoremediation

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efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)35 and phenolic compounds.36

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Endophytic bacteria in aquatic plants play an important role in bioremediation of

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polluted waters.37 CP is commonly used to kill Bradysiao doriphaga22, 38, which is the

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major insect associated with Chinese chives cultivation, therefore, the use of strain

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HJY to accelerate the degradation of CP residues in Chinese chives is a promising

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approach for the safety of Chinese chives consumption and sustainable development.

of

phytoremediation interactions.

of For

contaminated

environments

instance,

inoculation

the

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studying endophytic

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Colonization pattern of gfp-tagged strain HJY in Chinese chives. Seven days

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after the inoculation, gfp-tagged strain HJY had already colonized in the primary

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tissues of Chinese chives (Fig. 3F-J). Strain HJY-gfp invaded into the main root and

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mainly colonized in intercellular space (Fig. 3B). As the time progress, strain HJY-gfp

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was also visualized in other tissues, such as lateral roots (Fig. 3G), stems epidermis

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(Fig. 3H), cross-section of stem (Fig. 3I) and leaves (Fig. 3J). Plants without HJY-gfp

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inoculation served as the controls (Fig. 3A-E). Even though the roots and leaves of

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Chinese chives. The number of endophytic measured in Chinese chives was between

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2.0 and 5.0 log CFU.g-1. The highest densities of strain HJY-gfp were found in the

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roots ranging from 3.37 to 4.60 log CFU.g-1, and the densities decreased in the stems

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Performances of strain HJY enhance the degradation of CP in Chinese

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chives. Strain HJY-gfp showed a natural capacity to cope with CP in vitro as well as

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inoculation (Fig. 4A, B), and significant differences of CP residues were even

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observed in the surrounding soil samples planted with infested and uninfested Chinese

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chives (Fig. 4C). After inoculated with HJY-gfp for 30 days, the concentrations of CP

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in inoculated plants were all lower than those in the controls. Moreover, soil

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containing HJY-gfp inoculated plants underwent a dramatic decrease of CP

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concentrations. Compared with the controls, up to 70% and 66% of CP was removed

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from shoots and roots with HJY-gfp inoculation, respectively. Up to 75% of CP was

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at high applied level (diluted 100 times) compared to controls and some was even

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higher than controls. Meanwhile, the CFUs of strain HJY-gfp was also re-isolated and

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measured from inoculated Chinese chives. According to the results (Table S1), there

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which was two days later than those in roots and shoots, after application at low

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applied level. The delay of the sharp increase of CFUs in the leaves indicates that

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CP on Chinese chives. It is worthy to note that the total CFUs of strain HJY-gfp in

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Chinese chives treated with two concentrations of CP was similar; however, the

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degradation performance came out different. It could be due to the toxicity of high

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concentration of CP to either some enzyme activity of strain HJY-gfp or some

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function system of the plants. To determine whether high level of CP inhibit the

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growth of strain HJY-gfp, strain HJY-gfp was grown in LB medium supplemented

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down the growth of strain HJY-gfp, however, low level (1 mg/kg) of CP could

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Chinese chives could include (1) HJY promotes chlorpyrifos degradation in the

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environment and thereby reduces the uptake of chlorpyrifos by Chinese chives; (2)

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plant detoxification enzymes, such as P450, GST or promote chlorpyrifos-degrading

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gene expression. Anyhow, the partnership of plant-endophyte could be used to reduce

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Our data show that the isolated endophytic bacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain

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HJY was capable of degrading CP in vitro, meanwhile, strain HJY was successfully

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colonized in Chinese chives and also enhanced the CP degradation inside the plants.

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The concentrations of CP with drench application did not affect the interaction of

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strain HJY and the host at an even high level. However, with foliage treatment, high

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concentration of CP had an obvious effect on the capability of strain HJY to enhance

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the degradation of CP in Chinese chives. However, the numbers of CFUs of strain

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HJY were not much different with high and low levels of foliage treatment. Together,

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these data indicate that high concentration of CP maybe either inhibit some enzyme

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activity of strain HJY or physiological activity of Chinese chives, which could affect

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the interaction of strain HJY and the host.

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To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of using a natural

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chorpyrifos-degrading endophytic bacterium to reduce the residue of chlorpyrifos in

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Chinese chives, which could probably be used to ensure the safety and quality of

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dramatically in the soil containing the inoculated plants. Therefore, interaction of

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HJY-plant may be also a promising strategy in improving phytoremediation of soil

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polluted with chlorpyrifos. However, little is known about the mechanisms of HJY

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enhancing the degradation of CP inside the plants. For better use of plant-endophyte

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partnership in assuring food safety, further studies are needed to elucidate the

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mechanisms of strain HJY enhancing the CP degradation in Chinese chives.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 31572032 and 31601660).

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Supporting Information Available: [Table S1 listing the population of strain HJY

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observed in different tissues of Chinese chives at different time after CP application

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with foliage treatment. Figure S1 showing fluorescent micrographs of bacterium

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culture observed under fluorescence microscopy (×20). (A) E.coli top10 with the

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plasmid pAD43-45; (B) strain HJY, (C) gfp-tagged transconjugant. Figure S2

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showing the population of strain HJY observed in different tissues of Chinese chives

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during 30 d experiment period after inoculation. Figure S3 showing the growth curve

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Fig. 1. Phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rDNA sequences of strain HJY and related

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