Isolation and molecular identification of endophytic bacteria from Tylosema esculentum
Chimwamurombe, P. M.; Sinyinza, E.
Show abstract
Tylosema esculentum is a perennial legume that is predominant in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. It is rich in nutrients, drought-tolerant, and a climate change contender for future agriculture. The objectives of this study were to isolate and identify culturable bacterial endophytes. Our study assessed the mean CFUs/mL among the tuberous roots, stems, and leaves to determine the density and diversity using ANOVA. It was a quantitatively controlled experiment in which seeds were grown in a greenhouse. The bacteria number varied from 1.29 x 108 to 3.5 x 108 CFU/ml of broth, with the highest in the tuberous roots and the lowest in the leaves. At a 5% significant level, we revealed that there is a difference among the bacterial densities of the plant parts. Shannon-Weiner diversity showed that there is a higher diversity of bacteria in the tuberous roots. Of the isolates that were obtained, 53.8% belonged to Enterobacter, 15.4% to Bacillus, 15.4% to Pantoea, and 7.67% to Burkholderia. These discoveries have made us more aware of the endophytic bacteria we now have. These strains might thus be used in food crops to boost productivity, enabling food security, especially in Africa. The significance of the isolates in biological control, agriculture, and biotechnology for growth promotion will be determined by further research.
Matching journals
The top 7 journals account for 50% of the predicted probability mass.
Similar papers in this journal
- Seed biopriming with P- and K-solubilizing <em>Enterobacter hormaechei</em> sp. improves the early vegetative growth and the P and K uptake of okra (<em>Abelmoschus esculentus</em>) seedling 97%
- Divulging diazotrophic bacterial community structure in Kuwait desert ecosystems and their N2-fixation potential 96%
- Mechanism of interaction of an endofungal bacterium Serratia marcescens D1 with its host and non-host fungi 96%
Similar papers in this journal
- ANTARCTIC FUNGI: A BIO-SOURCE ALTERNATIVE TO PRODUCE POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFAs) 94%
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of Metal-Tolerant Bacteria Reveals Significant Differences in Metal Adaptation Strategies 93%
- Isolation, screening, degradation characteristics of a quinclorac-degrading bacteria D and its potential of bioremediation for rice field environment polluted by quinclorac 93%
Similar papers in this journal
- Rhizospheric and endophytic Pseudomonas aeruginosa in edible vegetable plants share molecular and metabolic traits with clinical isolates 95%
- Stability of four carbapenem antibiotics in discs used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing 93%
- Current and emerging polymyxin resistance diagnostics: a systematic review of established and novel detection methods 93%
Similar papers in this journal
- Phylogenetic diversity and activity screening of cultivable actinobacteria isolated from marine sponges and associated environments from the western coast of India 94%
- First hybrid complete genome of Aeromonas veronii reveals chromosome-mediated novel structural variant mcr-3.19 from human clinical specimen 92%
- Genome sequence of the aurodox-producing bacterium Streptomyces goldiniensis ATCC 21386 91%
"Similar papers" are the closest papers from that journal in the model's embedding space. They show what the match is built on, but the ranking comes mostly from a classifier over the whole training set, not from these examples alone.