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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 211, Issue 2, Pages 195-201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11224.x
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Isolation and physiological and molecular characterisation of culturable bacterial strains belonging to actinomycetes, pseudomonads and aerobic spore-forming bacteria were carried out on mycorrhizal root tips of Quercus robur var. peduncolata infected by Tuber borchii. Cellular density of the three bacterial groups in ectomycorrhizal root tips was estimated to be 1.3+/-0.11X10(6) cfu g(-1) dry weight for total heterotrophic bacteria and 1.08+/-0.6X0(-5) (mean S.E.), 1.3+/-0.3X10(-5) and 1.4+/-0.2X10(5) cfu g(-1) dry weight for pseudomonads, actinomycetes and spore-forming bacteria respectively. Identification of pseudomonads by the Biolog D system indicated, besides the most represented species Pseudomonas fluorescens (biotypes B, F and G), the occurrence of strains belonging to Pseudomonas corrugata. Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of actinomycetes and spore formers revealed at least three and six different groups of patterns, respectively. Many bacterial isolates were able to induce variations in growth rates of T. borchii mycelium; among these, 101 strains showed antifungal activity, whereas 17 isolates, belonging to spore formers, were able to increase mycelial growth up to 78% when compared to uninoculated mycelial growth. The potential role of these populations in the development and establishment of mycorrhizas is discussed. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies.
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