Insoluble phosphorous compounds solubilization by soil bacteria is of great relevance since it puts available the phosphorus to be used by plants. The production of organic acids is the main microbiological mechanism by which insoluble inorganic phosphorus compounds are solubilized. In Gram negative bacteria, gluconic acid is synthesized by the activity of the holoenzyme glucose dehydrogenase-pyrroloquinoline quinine named GDH-PQQ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn agricultural soils the productivity is determined by several factors and among them are the metabolic activities of the microorganisms that reside in it. The inoculation of plants with these bacteria is an alternative to the use of agrochemicals in crops. In particular, in those soils in which P levels are low, phosphate-solubilizing bacteria became an important group of soil microorganisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphorus (P) is a limiting factor of plant development due to its low availability in the soil. The use of endophytic phosphate solubilizing bacteria as a more sustainable alternative to the use of chemical phosphorus fertilizers is proposed in this study. The objectives were to analyze the effect of simple inoculations of native peanut endophytic phosphate solubilizing bacteria on plant growth promotion and P content of soybean and maize and to evaluate their survival and endophytic colonization capacity on these plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnterobacter sp. J49 is a plant growth promoting endophytic strain that promotes the growth of peanut and maize crops. This strain promotes plant growth by different mechanisms with the supply of soluble phosphorus being one of the most important.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mineral phosphate-solubilizing phenotype in bacteria is attributed predominantly to secretion of gluconic acid produced by oxidation of glucose by the glucose dehydrogenase enzyme and its cofactor, pyrroloquinoline quinone. This study analyzes pqqE gene expression and pqq promoter activity in the native phosphate-solubilizing bacterium Serratia sp S119 growing under P-limitation, and in the presence of root exudates obtained from peanut plants, also growing under P-limitation. Results indicated that Serratia sp.
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June 2017
The aims of this study were, to analyze in vitro phosphate solubilization activity of six native peanut bacteria and to determine the effect of single and mixed inoculation of these bacteria on peanut and maize plants. Ability to produce organic acids and cofactor PQQ, to solubilize FePO and AlPO and phosphatase activity were analyzed. Also, the ability to solubilize phosphate under abiotic stress and in the presence of pesticides of the selected bacteria was determined.
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