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- Title
Diversity of nodular bacteria of Scorpiurus muricatus in western Algeria and their impact on plant growth.
- Authors
Bouchiba, Zoulikha; Boukhatem, Zineb Faiza; Ighilhariz, Zohra; Derkaoui, Nouria; Kerdouh, Benaissa; Abdelmoumen, Hanaa; Abbas, Younes; El Idrissi, Mustapha Missbah; Bekki, Abdelkader
- Abstract
A total of 51 bacterial strains were isolated from root nodules of Scorpiurus muricatus sampled from 6 regions of western Algeria. Strain diversity was assessed by rep-PCR amplification fingerprinting, which grouped the isolates into 28 different clusters. Partial nucleotide sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and BLAST analysis revealed that root nodules of S. muricatus were colonized by different species close to Rhizobium vignae, Rhizobium radiobacter, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Phyllobacterium ifriqiyense, Phyllobacterium endophyticum, Starkeya sp., and Pseudomonas sp. However, none of these strains was able to form nodules on its host plant; even nodC was present in a single strain (SMT8a). The inoculation test showed a great improvement in the growth of inoculated plants compared with noninoculated control plants. A significant amount of indole acetic acid was produced by some strains, but only 2 strains could solubilize phosphate. In this report we described for the first time the diversity of bacteria isolated from root nodules of S. muricatus growing in different regions in western Algeria and demonstrated their potential use in promoting plant growth.
- Subjects
ALGERIA; PLANT-bacteria relationships; ROOT-tubercles; PLANT growth; BACTERIA; AGROBACTERIUM radiobacter; RHIZOBIUM leguminosarum
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2017, Vol 63, Issue 5, p450
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2016-0493