@article{fdi:010042673, title = {{E}ffects of rhizobacterial {ACC} deaminase activity on {A}rabidopsis indicate that ethylene mediates local root responses to plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria}, author = {{C}ontesto, {C}. and {D}esbrosses, {G}. and {L}efoulon, {C}. and {B}{\'e}na, {G}illes and {B}orel, {F}. and {G}alland, {M}. and {G}amet, {L}. and {V}aroquaux, {F}. and {T}ouraine, {B}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {1-{A}mino cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase ({A}cd{S}) is an enzyme that degrades the precursor of plant hormone ethylene. {A}cd{S} activity has been identified in many soil bacteria. {I}t has been proposed to play an important role in plant-growth promotion by rhizobacteria. {I}t would lower ethylene level via uncharacterized signaling pathways in the host plant. {T}o further investigate the role of {A}cd{S} and the involvement of ethylene signaling pathway in plant development responses to rhizobacteria, we used the model plant {A}rabidopsis thaliana. {W}e compared the changes in root architecture and root hair length induced by four rhizobacteria ({P}hyllobacterium brassicacearum {STM}196, {P}seudomonas putida {UW}4, {R}hizobium leguminosarum 6v. viciae 128{C}53{K}, {M}esorhizobium loti {MAFF}303099) and by their respective acd{S}-deficient mutants. {A}ll the mutant strains induced similar changes in lateral root development as their {WT} counterparts. {B}y contrast, root hairs of seedlings inoculated with the acd{S} mutant strains were significantly longer than those of the plants inoculated with the {WT} strains. {O}verall, our results would suggest that rhizobacterial {A}cd{S} activity affects local regulatory mechanisms in plant roots, and not lateral root development that is under systemic regulation involving shoot-root dialog.}, keywords = {{E}thylene ; {R}oot hair ; {L}ateral root ; {A}rabidopsis thaliana ; {P}lant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) ; {P}hyllobacterium brassicacearum}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}lant {S}cience}, volume = {175}, numero = {1-2}, pages = {178--189}, ISSN = {0168-9452}, year = {2008}, DOI = {10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.01.020}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042673}, }