Tricalcium phosphate solubilization and nitrogen fixation by newly isolated Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus CKMV1 from rhizosphere of Valeriana jatamansi and its growth promotional effect.

Journal: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]
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Abstract

Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus strain CKMV1 was isolated from rhizosphere of Valeriana jatamansi and possessed multiple plant growth promoting traits like production of phosphate solubilization (260mg/L), nitrogen fixation (202.91nmolethylenemLh), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) (8.1μg/mL), siderophores (61.60%), HCN (hydrogen cyanide) production and antifungal activity. We investigated the ability of isolate CKMV1 to solubilize insoluble P via mechanism of organic acid production. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) study showed that isolate CKMV1 produced mainly gluconic (1.34%) and oxalic acids. However, genetic evidences for nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization by organic acid production have been reported first time for A. aneurinilyticus strain CKMV1. A unique combination of glucose dehydrogenase (gdh) gene and pyrroloquinoline quinone synthase (pqq) gene, a cofactor of gdh involved in phosphate solubilization has been elucidated. Nitrogenase (nif H) gene for nitrogen fixation was reported from A. aneurinilyticus. It was notable that isolate CKMV1 exhibited highest antifungal against Sclerotium rolfsii (93.58%) followed by Fusarium oxysporum (64.3%), Dematophora necatrix (52.71%), Rhizoctonia solani (91.58%), Alternaria sp. (71.08%) and Phytophthora sp. (71.37%). Remarkable increase was observed in seed germination (27.07%), shoot length (42.33%), root length (52.6%), shoot dry weight (62.01%) and root dry weight (45.7%) along with NPK (0.74, 0.36, 1.82%) content of tomato under net house condition. Isolate CKMV1 possessed traits related to plant growth promotion, therefore, could be a potential candidate for the development of biofertiliser or biocontrol agent and this is the first study to include the Aneurinibacillus as PGPR.

Authors

  • Anjali Chauhan
    Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Department of Basic Sciences Microbiology Section, Nauni, Solan, India.
  • Shiwani Guleria
    Lovely Professional University, Department of Microbiology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
  • Praveen P Balgir
    Punjabi University Patiala, Department of Biotechnology, Patiala, Punjab, India.
  • Abhishek Walia
    DAV University, Department of Microbiology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
  • Rishi Mahajan
    Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • Preeti Mehta
    DBT-IOC Centre for Bioenergy Research, Indian Oil R&D Centre, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
  • Chand Karan Shirkot
    Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Department of Basic Sciences, Nauni, Solan, India. Electronic address: profckshirkot@gmail.com.