Publications

Original articles

Torres, M. J.¹, E. Bueno¹, A. Jiménez-Leiva, J. J. Cabrera, E. J. Bedmar, S. Mesa^†, and M. J. Delgado^†. 2017. FixK₂ is the main transcriptional activator of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens nosRZDYFLX genes in response to low oxygen. Front. Microbiol. 8:1621. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01621.

¹Equal contribution. ^†Corresponding author.

Bueno, E¹., E. F. Robles¹, M. J. Torres, T. Krell, E. J. Bedmar, M. J. Delgado^†, and S. Mesa^†. 2017. Disparate response to microoxia and nitrogen oxides of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum napEDABC, nirK and norCBQD denitrification genes. Nitric oxide-Biology and Chemistry 68:137-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2017.02.002.

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Lardi, M.¹, V. Murset¹, H. M. Fischer, S. Mesa, C. H. Ahrens, N. Zamboni, and G. Pessi. 2016. Metabolomic profiling of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens-induced root nodules reveals both host plant-specific and developmental signatures. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 17, 815. DOI:10.3390/ijms17060815.

¹Equal contribution.

Quelas, J. I., S. Mesa, D. Jendrossek, and A. R. Lodeiro. 2016. Regulation of polyhydroxybutyrate synthesis in the soil bacterium Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. App. Env. Microbiol. 82:4299-4308. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00757-16.

Tortosa G., A. Hidalgo, A. Salas, E. J. Bedmar, S. Mesa, and M. J. Delgado. 2015. Nitrate and flooding induce N₂O emissions from soybean nodules. Symbiosis 67:125-133. DOI: 10.1007/s13199-015-0341-3.

Torres, M .J., M. Argandoña, C. Vargas, E. J. Bedmar, H. M. Fischer, S. Mesa, and M. J. Delgado. 2014. The global response regulator RegR controls expression of denitrification genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. PLoS One 9:e99011. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099011.

Bonnet, M.¹, M. Kurz¹, S. Mesa, C. Briand, H. Hennecke, and M. G. Grütter. 2013. Structure of Bradyrhizobium japonicum transcription factor FixK₂ unveils sites of DNA binding and oxidation. J. Biol. Chem. 288:14238-14246. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.465484.

¹Equal contribution.

Bonnet, M.¹, M. Stegmann¹, Z. Maglica, E. Stiegeler, E. Weber-Ban, H. Hennecke, and S. Mesa^†. 2013. FixK₂, a key regulator in Bradyrhizobium japonicum, is a substrate for the protease ClpAP in vitro. FEBS Lett. 587:88-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.11.014.

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Masloboeva, N., L. Reutimann, P. Stiefel, R. Follador, N. Leimer, H. Hennecke, S. Mesa, and H. M. Fischer. 2012. Reactive oxygen species-inducible ECF s factors of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. PLoS One 7:e43421. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043421.

Torres, M. J., E. Bueno, S. Mesa, E. J. Bedmar, and M. J. Delgado. 2011. Emerging complexity in the denitrification regulatory network of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 39:284-288. DOI: 10.1042/BST0390284.

Reutimann, L., S. Mesa, and H. Hennecke. 2010. Autoregulation of fixK₂ gene expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol. Genet. Genomics 284:25-32. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-010-0547-2.

Bueno, E., S. Mesa, C. Sánchez, E. J. Bedmar, and M. J. Delgado. 2010. NifA is required for maximal expression of denitrification genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Environ. Microbiol. 12:393-400. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02076.x.

Mesa, S.^1,†, L. Reutimann¹, H. M. Fischer, and H. Hennecke. 2009. Posttranslational control of transcription factor FixK₂, a key regulator for the Bradyrhizobium japonicum-soybean symbiosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 106:21860-21865. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908097106.

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Mesa, S.^†, F. Hauser, M. Friberg, E. Malaguti, H. M. Fischer, and H. Hennecke. 2008. Comprehensive assessment of the regulons controlled by the FixLJ-FixK₂-FixK₁ cascade in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. J. Bacteriol. 190:6568-6579. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00748-08.

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Hacker, S., J. Gödeke, A. Lindemann, S. Mesa, G. Pessi, and F. Narberhaus. 2008. Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol. Genet. Genomics 280:59-72. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-008-0345-2. Índice de impacto: 2,838. Número de citas: 9.

Monza, J., P. Irisarri, P. Diaz, M. J. Delgado, S. Mesa, and E. J. Bedmar. 2006. Denitrification ability of rhizobial strains isolated from Lotus sp. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 89:479-484. DOI: 10.1007/s10482-005-9046-6.

Mesa, S.^†, Z. Ucurum, H. Hennecke, and H. M. Fischer. 2005. Transcription activation in vitro by the Bradyrhizobium japonicum regulatory protein FixK₂. J. Bacteriol. 187:3329-3338. DOI:10.1128/JB.187.10.3329–3338.2005.

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Velasco, L., S. Mesa, C. A. Xu, M. J. Delgado, and E. J. Bedmar. 2004. Molecular characterization of nosRZDFYLX genes coding for denitrifying nitrous oxide reductase of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 85:229-235. DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000020156.42470.db.

Mesa, S., J. D. Alché, E. J. Bedmar, and M. J. Delgado. 2004. Expression of nir, nor and nos denitrification genes from Bradyrhizobium japonicum in soybean root nodules. Physiol. Plant. 120:205-211. DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.0211.x.

Mesa, S.^†, E. J. Bedmar, A. Chanfon, H. Hennecke, and H. M. Fischer. 2003. Bradyrhizobium japonicum NnrR, a denitrification regulator, expands the FixLJ-FixK₂ regulatory cascade. J. Bacteriol. 185:3978-3982. DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3978–3982.2003.

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Mesa, S., L. Velasco, M. E. Manzanera, M. J. Delgado, and E. J. Bedmar. 2002. Characterization of the norCBQD genes, encoding nitric oxide reductase, in the nitrogen fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Microbiology 148:3553-3560. DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3553.

Velasco, L., S. Mesa, M. J. Delgado, and E. J. Bedmar. 2001. Characterization of the nirK gene encoding the respiratory, Cu-containing nitrite reductase of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1521:130-134. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(01)00279-2.

Mesa, S., M. Gottfert, and E. J. Bedmar. 2001. The nir, nor, and nos denitrification genes are dispersed over the Bradyrhizobium japonicum chromosome. Arch. Microbiol. 176:136-142. DOI: 10.1007/s002030100305.

Reviews

Bueno, E., S. Mesa, E. J. Bedmar, D. J. Richardson, and M. J. Delgado. 2012. Bacterial adaptation of respiration from oxic to microoxic and anoxic conditions: Redox control. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 16:819-852. DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4051.

Cabrera, J. J., C. Sánchez, A. J. Gates, E. J. Bedmar, S. Mesa, D. J. Richardson, and M. J. Delgado. 2011. The nitric oxide response in plant-associated endosymbiotic bacteria. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 39:1880-1885. DOI: 10.1042/BST20110732.

Mesa, S.^†, H. Hennecke, and H. M. Fischer. 2006. A multitude of CRP/FNR-like transcription proteins in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 34:156-159. DOI: 10.1042/BST0340156.

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Others

Fernández N., J. J. Cabrera, S. Salazar, S. Parejo, M. C. Rodríguez, A. Lindemann, M. Bonnet, H. Hennecke, E. J. Bedmar, and S. Mesa^†. 2016. Molecular determinants of negative regulation of the Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens transcription factor FixK₂. In F. González-Andrés, and E. James (ed.), Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32528-6_6.

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Bedmar E. J., S. Mesa y M. J. Delgado. 2013. Microscopy to study plant-bacteria interaction, p. 23-24. In A. J. Castro, and J. D. Alché (ed.), 30 years of (e-) microscopy at the EEZ in images. Published by the Plant Reproductive Biology Research Group, Granada, Spain. ISBN 978-84-616-7277-6.

Bedmar E. J., E. Bueno, D. Correa, M. J. Torres, M. J. Delgado, and S. Mesa. 2013. Ecology of denitrification in soils and plant-associated bacteria, p 164-182. In M. B. Rodelas González, and J. González-López (ed.), Beneficial plant-microbial Interactions: Ecology and Applications. CRC Press. Boca Ratón, Florida, U.S.A. ISBN: 9781466587175.

Bedmar, E. J., S. Mesa, E. Robles, C. Sánchez, E. Bueno, S. Salazar y M. J. Delgado. 2012. Desnitrificación en el ciclo del nitrógeno. Genes estructurales y reguladores en Bradyrhizobium japonicum y otros rizobios, p. 67-83. In M. D. Roldán, F. Castillo, and V. M. Luque (ed.), Avances en el Metabolismo del Nitrógeno: Evolución e integración de las rutas del metabolismo nitrogenado en el equilibrio biogeoquímico. Copisterías Don Folio S. L., Córdoba, España. ISBN: 978-84-15105-52-7.

Lindemann, A., F. Hauser, G. Pessi, S. Mesa, H. M. Fischer, and H. Hennecke. 2006. The oxygen regulation network of Bradyrhizobium japonicum: new insights from genome-wide transcriptome analyses, p. 120-125. In F. Sánchez, C. Quinto, I. M. López-Lara, and O. Geiger (ed.), Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Bedmar, E. J., S. Mesa, L. Velasco, E. F. Robles, N. Bonnard y M. J. Delgado. 2005. Desnitrificación en Bradyrhizobium japonicum: Un misterio resuelto, p. 35-44. In J. M. Vega, A. J. Márquez, A. J. Vigara, C. Vílchez, and I. Garbayo (ed.), Avances en el Metabolismo del Nitrógeno: De los Microorganismos a las Plantas. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, España.

Mesa, S., L. Velasco, E. J. Bedmar, and M. J. Delgado. 2002. Denitrification genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum, p. 309-313. In T. M. Finan, M. R. O’Brian, D. B. Layzell, J. K. Vessey, and W. Newton (ed.), Nitrogen fixation: Global Perspectives. CAB International Publishing, Oxon, UK.

Mesa, S., L. Velasco, M. J. Delgado y E. J. Bedmar. 2002. Identificación, caracterización y regulación de los genes norCBQD de Bradyrhizobium japonicum, p. 353-360. In P. Aparicio-Tejo (ed.), Avances en el Metabolismo del Nitrógeno: De la Biología Molecular a la Agronomía. Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, España.

Velasco, L., S. Mesa, C. A. Xu, E. J. Bedmar y M. J. Delgado. 2000. Caracterización y regulación de los genes nirK y nosRZDYLX de Bradyrhizobium japonicum, p. 31-36. In F. M. Cánovas and F. J. Florencio (ed.), Avances en el Metabolismo del Nitrógeno: Bioquímica, Fisiología y Biología Molecular. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, España.