The rest of azospirilla inoculants is formulated with single strains abv5, azm3, azt5, 1003, tuc 2785, tuc 101 and 11005. The production of vitamins by azospirillum brasilense was studied in chemicallydefined media amended with malate, gluconate and fructose. Thiamine, niacin and pantothenic acid were produced in large amounts. Inoculation of wheat with azospirillum brasilense and.
Azospirillum lipoferum e a azospirillum brasilense. The liberation of vitamins was significantly affected by the presence of different carbon sources and the age of the culture. The claims that azospirillum mainly enhances growth of cereal plants is inaccurate as well. A taxonomic study of the spirillum lipoferum group, with descriptions of a new genus, azospirillum gen. Two azospirillum lipoferum strains enhanced the growth of sunflower plants significantly fages and arsac 1991 as did azospirillum brasilense cd for the development. Full text get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 425k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. It is considered a freeliving soil bacterium that has the ability to affect the growth of numerous agricultural crops worldwide through the excretion of various hormones and the bacterias ability of nitrogen fixation. Azospirillum cultures are useful for the cereals and cash crops viz. Azospirillum lipoferum, is a free living, gram positive, plantgrowthpromoting aproteobacteria, capable of affecting the growth and yield of numerous plant species, many of agronomic and ecological significance. High yield culture medium is fundamental for production of inoculants for plant growthpromoting bacteria.
Azospirillum brasilense, biofertilizers, grain yield, zea mays. Dobereiner 1978 a taxonomic study of the spirillum lipoferum group with descriptions of a new genus azospirillum gen. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Surface characteristics of azospirillum brasilense in relation to cell aggregation and attachment to plant roots. In argentina, the market of azospirillum has started before brazil, with the commercial strain a. The plant growthpromoting bacteria azospirillum amazonense. Variation in replicon numbers and rearrangements is common among azospirillum strains, and characterization of these naturally occurring differences can improve our understanding of genome evolution. Azospirillum is a general root colonizer and is not a plantspecific bacterium. The inoculant containing pseudomonas fluorescens was named pf.
Based on substitution of glucose in tryptoneyeast extractglucose medium by nagluconate or glycerol, two new culture media were developed for mass cultivation of the commonly used plant growthpromoting bacterium azospirillum sp. Surface characteristics of azospirillum brasilense in. Gram negativos presentan polimorfismo denominados formas c. Both in greenhouse and in field trials, several strains of azospirillum have been shown to exert beneficial effects on. Azospirillum is a gramnegative, microaerophilic, nonfermentative and nitrogenfixing bacterial genus from the family of rhodospirillaceae. Development of two culture media for mass cultivation of. Production of vitamins by azospirillum brasilense in. The combination of the strains abv5 and abv6 of azospirillum brasilense is used for the formulation of 11 products and the combination of strains az78 and az70 of azospirillum brasilense is in 2 products. Originally isolated from nitrogen poor soils in the netherlands in 1925, it is widely found in the rhizospheres of grasses around the world where it. The rhizosphere bacterium azospirillum amazonense associates with plant roots to promote plant growth.
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