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Biotin is a key cofactor of metabolic carboxylases, although many rhizobial strains are biotin auxotrophs. When some of these strains were serially subcultured in minimal medium, they showed diminished growth and increased excretion of metabolites. The addition of biotin, or genetic complementation with biotin synthesis genes resulted in full growth of Rhizobium etli CFN42 and Rhizobium phaseoli CIAT652 strains. Half of rhizobial genomes did not show genes for biotin biosynthesis, but three-quarters had genes for biotin transport. Some strains had genes for an avidin homologue (rhizavidin), a protein with high affinity for biotin but an unknown role in bacteria. A CFN42-derived rhizavidin mutant showed a sharper growth decrease in subcultures, revealing a role in biotin storage. In the search of biotin-independent growth of subcultures, CFN42 and CIAT652 strains with excess aeration showed optimal growth, as they also did, unexpectedly, with the addition of aspartic acid analogues α- and N-methyl aspartate. Aspartate analogues can be sensed by the chemotaxis aspartate receptor Tar. A tar homologue was identified and its mutants showed no growth recovery with aspartate analogues, indicating requirement of the Tar receptor in such a phenotype. Additionally, tar mutants did not recover full growth with excess aeration. A Rubisco-like protein was found to be necessary for growth as the corresponding mutants showed no recovery either with high aeration or aspartate analogues; also, diminished carboxylation was observed. Taken together, our results indicate a route of biotin-independent growth in rhizobial strains that included oxygen, a Tar receptor and a previously uncharacterized Rubisco-like protein.

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A organização social em torno das grandes cidades é apontada como causadora principal da criação do sujeito da modernidade, o qual é, sobretudo, individualista e privatizado. A vida em meio ao nascente caos urbano e de aglomeração das multidões de pessoas possibilita delinearmos alguns modos de subjetivação consequentes e que emergem em tal configuração e contexto sócio-histórico e cultural. O poeta Charles Baudelaire é tido como personagem importante para a compreensão da modernidade, visto que traduziu a sensação do habitante citadino e assumiu papéis distintos frente a essa vida urbana. A partir de considerações breves sobre a cidade moderna, buscamos elencar modos de subjetivação da modernidade (materializados e expressos, sobretudo, nas figuras do dândi e do flâneur), apresentando algumas das características principais, para em sequência relacionar as formas de atualização, assunção e distorção destes pelos integrantes de uma popular subcultura juvenil inglesa surgida na segunda metade do século XX: os mods.

The social organisationwithin large cities is pointed out as the principal cause of the creation of the Modernity subject, who is mainly individualistic and privatised. Life amid the rising urban chaos and the crowds gathered made possible to assert about some consequent modes of subjectivation that emerged in those configurations and social-historical and cultural contexts. The poet Charles Baudelaire is named as an important character for understanding the Modernity, since he translated the sensations of city dweller and assumed different roles to face this urban life. From some considerations related to Modern city, I seek to enlist modes of subjectivation of Modernity (materialised and expressed within the dandy and the flâneur figures), firstly presenting some main features of them to afterwards relate those subjectivation modes with the update, assumption and distortion forms proceed by the members of a British popular youth subculture originated around the second part of 20th century: the Mods.

La organización social en las ciudades es puntuada como la principal causa de la creación de lo sujeto de la Modernidad, lo cual es, mayormente, individualista e privatizado. La vida en medio del caos urbano y aglomeración de las multitudes nos posibilita pensar en algunos modos de subjetivación consecuentes y que emergen en tal configuración y contexto histórico-social y cultural. El poeta Charles Baudelaire es visto como personaje importante para la comprensión de la Modernidad, una vez que he traducido las sensaciones del habitante citadino y asumió distintos papeles frente a esa vida urbana. Después de hacer breves consideraciones acerca de la ciudad moderna, procuraremos mencionar algunos modos de subjetivación de la Modernidad (materializados y expresos, sobretodo, en las figuras do dandis y fláneur), presentando algunas de las características principales de estos personajes, para en secuencia relacionar las formas de actualización, tomada y distorsión de estos por los integrantes de una popular subcultura juvenil inglesa aparecida en la segunda mitad de lo siglo XX: los Mods.

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Micropropagation has been applied in the recovery and rejuvenation of adult trees, which is achieved by various subcultures in the multiplication phase. This strategy has brought questions about the endophytic microbiota associated with these plants along its manipulation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the composition of the endophytic bacterial communities associated with two explants sources [the canopy branches (CB) and the trunk base of the tree (TB)] under prolonged in vitro cultivation. In addition we analyzed the bacterial community dynamic along the subcultures in different micropropagation phases. Bacterial DNA was extracted from samples of mini-stumps (in vivo) from CB and TB and in micro-stumps produced by in vitro cultivations of these explants sources--both originated from one single matrix plant of Eucalyptus benthamii. In vitro establishment occurred in two dates and the evaluation of endophytic bacterial communities was made in vivo and in vitro samples (on 10th, 13th and 16th subcultures), when elongated shoots and roots were analyzed. Analysis was performed by PCR-DGGE based on the V6 region of ribosomal gene 16S rDNA. Bands profiles showed differences in communities between in vivo and in vitro samples, and also distinctions of communities assessed in the subcultures, elongated and rooted samples. Distinctions in the composition of endophytic bacterial communities were greater in CB micro-stumps. These results indicate a differential colonization of explants by endophytic bacteria, with predominance of common (ever-present) endophytes in TB samples and casual, here named opportunistic, in CB samples.

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Este estudo objetivou verificar a estabilidade fenotípica das cultivares de batata 'Asterix' e 'Macaca', avaliar o efeito do tipo de explante (organogênese direta e indireta) e do tempo de subcultivo (12 e 70 meses) em meio nutritivo MS sobre a ocorrência de somaclones nas duas cultivares na produção de batata semente, mediante o emprego de sete descritores mínimos de broto. Em 'Asterix' e 'Macaca' ocorreram somaclones em quatro dos sete descritores, contudo, apenas no formato e pubescência da base do broto houve variação, simultaneamente, em ambas. Os dois genótipos são suscetíveis à ocorrência de variação somaclonal. Registrou-se somaclonesnos dois tempos de subcultivo nas duas cultivares. Diferente do amplamente registrado, identificaram-se somaclones em segmentos apicais caulinares e nodais originados de organogênese direta em 'Asterix' e 'Macaca'.(AU)

It was examined the phenotypic stability of potato cultivars 'Asterix' and 'Macaca', evaluated the effect of explant type (direct and indirect organogenesis) and subculture time (12 and 70 months) in MS nutrient medium on the occurrence of somaclonal variation in both cultivars in seed potato production through the use of seven minimum descriptors sprout. In 'Asterix' and 'Macaca' somaclones have occurred in four of the seven descriptors, however, only in the shape and in the base of the bud pubescence that somaclonal variation occurred simultaneously in both cultivars. Both genotypes are susceptible to the occurrence of somaclonal variation. It was identify the occurrence of somaclones both at 12 months and 70 months of subculture in both genotypes. Unlike the widely recorded, somaclones were identified in shoot apical segments and nodal segments derived from direct organogenesis in 'Asterix' and 'Macaca'.(AU)

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Este estudo objetivou verificar a estabilidade fenotípica das cultivares de batata 'Asterix' e 'Macaca', avaliar o efeito do tipo de explante (organogênese direta e indireta) e do tempo de subcultivo (12 e 70 meses) em meio nutritivo MS sobre a ocorrência de somaclones nas duas cultivares na produção de batata semente, mediante o emprego de sete descritores mínimos de broto. Em 'Asterix' e 'Macaca' ocorreram somaclones em quatro dos sete descritores, contudo, apenas no formato e pubescência da base do broto houve variação, simultaneamente, em ambas. Os dois genótipos são suscetíveis à ocorrência de variação somaclonal. Registrou-se somaclonesnos dois tempos de subcultivo nas duas cultivares. Diferente do amplamente registrado, identificaram-se somaclones em segmentos apicais caulinares e nodais originados de organogênese direta em 'Asterix' e 'Macaca'.

It was examined the phenotypic stability of potato cultivars 'Asterix' and 'Macaca', evaluated the effect of explant type (direct and indirect organogenesis) and subculture time (12 and 70 months) in MS nutrient medium on the occurrence of somaclonal variation in both cultivars in seed potato production through the use of seven minimum descriptors sprout. In 'Asterix' and 'Macaca' somaclones have occurred in four of the seven descriptors, however, only in the shape and in the base of the bud pubescence that somaclonal variation occurred simultaneously in both cultivars. Both genotypes are susceptible to the occurrence of somaclonal variation. It was identify the occurrence of somaclones both at 12 months and 70 months of subculture in both genotypes. Unlike the widely recorded, somaclones were identified in shoot apical segments and nodal segments derived from direct organogenesis in 'Asterix' and 'Macaca'.

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A mangabeira destaca-se por possuir um grande potencial como planta frutífera. Suas sementes apresentam recalcitrância, dificultando sua propagação, o que torna evidente a necessidade da obtenção de mudas por via assexuada. Neste contexto, a cultura de tecidos apresenta-se como uma alternativa a ser utilizada. Entre os fatores que afetam a morfogênese in vitro, as citocininas merecem destaque, pois influenciam na diferenciação de gemas e no crescimento das brotações. Assim sendo, avaliou-se, neste trabalho, a influência de três diferentes fontes de citocinina (6-benzilaminopurina BAP, cinetina CIN e thidiazuron TDZ) na indução de brotações in vitro de mangabeira, bem como o efeito residual dessa classe de reguladores no enraizamento e na multiplicação em subcultivos sucessivos. Os resultados mostraram que, entre as citocininas testadas, a 6-benzilaminopurina foi a que induziu maior número de brotações (1,98), gemas (19,22) e folhas (18,86) por explante, tendo promovido a formação de brotos de maior comprimento (4,55 cm). As brotações oriundas de meio WPM basal apresentaram maior facilidade de enraizamento. A 6-benzilaminopurina foi responsável pela maior taxa de multiplicação (9,61) de brotações de mangabeira. Os subcultivos sucessivos diminuíram a capacidade de multiplicação de explantes caulinares da espécie.

The mangabeira stands out for having a strong potential for fruit production. Its seeds present recalcitrance, making its propagation difficult, which makes much clear the need to obtain seedlings through asexual methods. In this context, the tissue culture presents as an alternative to be used. Among the factors that affect in vitro morphogenesis, the cytokinins should be highlighted as it influences the differentiation of buds and shoot growth. In this context the influence of three different sources of cytokinins (6-benzylaminopurine BAP, kinetin CIN and thidiazuron TDZ) was evaluated on the induction of in vitro mangabeira shoots, as well as the residual effect of this type of regulator on rooting and multiplication in successive subcultures. The results showed that among the tested cytokinins, the 6-benzylaminopurine was the one that induced a higher number of shoots (1.98), buds (19.22) and leaves (18.86) per explant, promoting the formation of shoots with higher length (4.55 cm). The shoots from basal WPM medium rooted easier. The 6-benzylaminopurine was responsible for the highest rate of multiplication (9.61) of mangabeira shoots. Sucessive subcultures decreased the capacity of shoot multiplication.