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INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 12-18Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0018-9
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Bicarbonate resistant mutant; Bioameliorant; Cyanobacteria; Nostoc calcicola; Usar soil
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
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The potential of Nostoc calcicola and its bicarbonate resistant mutant as bioameleorating agent was investigated, using laboratory simulation experiments, in terms of their growth potential, glutamine synthetase (GS) activity, heterocyst frequency and effect on pH of soil. Nostoc calcicola, exhibited a tendency to lower the pH of 'usar' soil significantly and showed better growth and pigment content at 20% soil extract as compared to basal medium. The bicarbonate resistant mutant (HCO(3) (-R)) exhibited a better ability to grow at higher percentage of soil extract (60%), besides bringing about a more significant change in soil pH as compared to wild type. The heterocyst frequency was much higher in the mutant strain, which was not significantly affected by growth in various concentrations of soil extract. The mutant strain holds promise as a potential bioameliorant for 'usar' soil after further evaluation of its reclamative properties at field level.
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