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INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 89-97Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0009-x
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Cyanobacteria; Nitrogenase activity; Rhizosphere; PCR profiles
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
- AP Cess Fund project
- Network project under AMAAS
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
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This investigation was undertaken to characterize the abundance and genera-wise diversity of cyanobacteria in the rice rhizosphere and nitrogen-fixing ability of the isolated strains. The cyanobacterial strains belonging to the genera Nostoc and Anabaena comprised 80% of the rhizosphere isolates, which were also efficient in enhancing the germination and growth of wheat seeds and exhibited significantly high protein accumulation and IAA production. Distinct profiles for the cyanobacterial strains were obtained on amplification with extended Hip 1 primer - HipTG, indicative of the diversity among these strains. Our investigation helped in identifying promising cyanobacterial isolates from the rhizosphere of rice, which can be utilized in developing efficient plant growth promoting cyanobacterial inoculants.
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