Optimization and identification of siderophores produced by strain MN759447 and its antagonism toward fungi associated with mortality in plantation forests.

Siderophore-positive bacteria present in the rhizosphere and in bulk soil assist plants by either inhibiting phytopathogen proliferation or increasing plant growth. The bacterial diversity of the Shisham forest ecosystem in the Tarai region of the Western Himalayas was studied and used for siderophore production, taking into account the large-scale dieback and wilt-induced mortality in (common name: shisham) plantation forests and the importance of soil microbes in tree health. In addition, and were prominent siderophore-positive bacteria in Shisham forests.