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MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 86, Issue 1, Pages 119-127Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261717010155
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biocontrol agents; endophytic bacteria; PGP traits; symbiosis
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Microbially unexplored medicinal plants can have a genetically diverse microbial population with multi-functional plant growth promoting traits. In this aspect, 75 endophytic bacterial isolates with plant growth promoting traits were isolated from Withania coagulans Dunal and Olea ferruginea Royal. Many of these bacteria were able to solubilize phosphate, produce indole-3-acetic acid, ammonia as well as hydrogen cyanide, synthesize extracellular enzymes and show antagonistic activities against plant pathogenic fungi under in vitro conditions. These isolates were also characterized by morphological and biochemical analysis. Furthermore, four representative isolates with pronounced plant growth promoting activities were identified as Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter dissolvens, Enterobacter hormaechei and Cronobacter sakazakii by 16S rDNA sequencing analysis. This work for the first time, reported the isolation of endophytic bacteria, the novel association form selected plants, Withania coagulans and Olea ferruginea. The explored endophytes might have great potential in the field of biocontrol and plant growth promoting for sustainable agricultural practices.
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