Bacterial community compositions of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) seeds and plant growth promoting activity of ACC deaminase producing Bacillus subtilis (HYT-12-1) on tomato seedlings
Bacterial community compositions of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) seeds and plant growth promoting activity of ACC deaminase producing Bacillus subtilis (HYT-12-1) on tomato seedlings
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DOI:
10.1007/s11274-013-1486-y
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发表时间:
2014-02
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Mingshuang Xu;J. Sheng;Lin Chen;Yejun Men;L. Gan;Shuntang Guo;Lin Shen
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作者:
Mingshuang Xu;J. Sheng;Lin Chen;Yejun Men;L. Gan;Shuntang Guo;Lin Shen
Study of endophytic bacteria within plant seeds is very essential and meaningful on account of their heritability and versatility. This study investigatedBacillusbacterial communities within the seeds of four commercial tomato varieties, by 16S rRNA gene PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism). Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the 22 representative isolates belonged to five species of genusBacillusand the bacterial compositions showed remarkable differences among tomato varieties. Isolates exhibited multiple plant growth promoting (PGP) traits: 37 % of indole-3-acetic acid production; 37 % of phosphate solubilization; 24 % of siderophores production; 85 % of potential nitrogen fixation and 6 % of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase activity. Isolate HYT-12-1 was shown to have highest ACC deaminase activity (112.02 nmolα-ketobutyrate mg−1protein h−1) among the five ACC deamiase producing strains. 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that the isolate HYT-12-1 shared the highest sequence similarity (100 %) withB. subtilis. PGP experiments under gnotobiotic and greenhouse conditions revealed the ability of strain HYT-12-1 to enhance the growth of tomato seedlings. This is the first study to describe endophyticBacilluscommunities within tomato seeds, and the results suggest thatB. subtilisstrain HYT-12-1 would have a great potential for industrial application as biofertilizer in the future.