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Chowdhury, S.P.* ; Schmid, M. ; Hartmann, A. ; Tripathi, A.K.*

Identification of diazotrophs in the culturable bacterial community associated with roots of Lasiurus sindicus, a perennial grass of Thar Desert, India.

Microb. Ecol. 54, 82-90 (2007)
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Lasiurus sindicus is a highly nutritive, drought-tolerant, perennial grass that is endemic to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. Analysis of 16S rRNA coding genes of the bacterial isolates enriched in nitrogen-free semisolid medium, from the surface-sterilized roots of L. sindicus, showed predominance of Gram-negative over Gram-positive bacteria. According to comparative sequence analysis of 16S rDNA sequence data, Gram-positive bacteria with low GC content (Staphylococcus warneri and Bacillus sp.) and high GC content (Micrococcus luteus, Microbacterium sp.) were identified. Gram-negative bacteria included Azospirillum sp., Rhizobium sp., Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and Inquilinus limosus (alpha-proteobacteria); Ralstonia sp., Variovorax paradoxus, and Bordetella petrii (beta-proteobacteria); and Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, Stenotrophomonas sp. (gamma-proteobacteria). The occurrence of nifH sequences in Azospirillum sp., Rhizobium sp., and P. pseudoalcaligenes showed the possibility of supplying biologically fixed nitrogen by the root-associated diazotrophs to the host plant.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Language english
Publication Year 2007
HGF-reported in Year 2007
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0095-3628
e-ISSN 1432-184X
Quellenangaben Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-90 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 20402 - Sustainable Plant Production
Research field(s) Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s) G-504600-001
Scopus ID 34447133657
PubMed ID 17264993
Erfassungsdatum 2007-01-31