Identification and characterization of rhizospheric microbial diversity by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing
journal contribution
posted on 2014-07-01, 00:00authored byM Naveed, S Mubeen, S Khan, I Ahmed, Nauman Khalid, Hafiz SuleriaHafiz Suleria, A Bano, A S Mumtaz
In the present study, samples of rhizosphere and root nodules were collected from different areas of Pakistan to isolate plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Identification of bacterial isolates was made by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and taxonomical confirmation on EzTaxon Server. The identified bacterial strains were belonged to 5 genera i.e. Ensifer, Bacillus, Pseudomona, Leclercia and Rhizobium. Phylogenetic analysis inferred from 16S rRNA gene sequences showed the evolutionary relationship of bacterial strains with the respective genera. Based on phylogenetic analysis, some candidate novel species were also identified. The bacterial strains were also characterized for morphological, physiological, biochemical tests and glucose dehydrogenase (gdh) gene that involved in the phosphate solublization using cofactor pyrroloquinolone quinone (PQQ). Seven rhizoshperic and 3 root nodulating stains are positive for gdh gene. Furthermore, this study confirms a novel association between microbes and their hosts like field grown crops, leguminous and non-leguminous plants. It was concluded that a diverse group of bacterial population exist in the rhizosphere and root nodules that might be useful in evaluating the mechanisms behind plant microbial interactions and strains QAU-63 and QAU-68 have sequence similarity of 97 and 95% which might be declared as novel after further taxonomic characterization.
History
Journal
Brazilian journal of microbiology
Volume
45
Issue
3
Pagination
985 - 993
Publisher
Brazilian Society for Microbiology
Location
Sao Paolo, Brazil
eISSN
1678-4405
Language
eng
Publication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal