Exploring the Potential of Four Novel Halotolerant Bacterial Strains as Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) under Saline Conditions
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Published:2023-03-29
Issue:7
Volume:13
Page:4320
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ISSN:2076-3417
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Container-title:Applied Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Applied Sciences
Author:
Oliva Gianmaria1, Di Stasio Luca1, Vigliotta Giovanni1ORCID, Guarino Francesco1ORCID, Cicatelli Angela1ORCID, Castiglione Stefano1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
Abstract
Soil salinity, due to natural phenomena or human activities, alters the water potential, which in turn affects plant growth, negatively influencing their nutrient and water uptake. Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can be used to counteract these negative effects, especially in glycophytes. The aim of our study was to characterize physiologically, genetically, and biochemically the novel halotolerant/halophilic bacteria isolated in our previous work. We evaluated the plant-growth-promoting (PGP) features and NaCl regulation’s roles in them. In this regard, analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences confirmed that our isolates are distinct bacterial strains, probably belonging to new species, which we named Bacillus sp. M21 and M23 and Halomonas sp. QH23 and QH24. In literature, it is known that many species of Halomonas and Bacillus genera produce factors regulating plant development, such as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), ammonium, and siderophores; and their efficiency in promoting plant growth and productivity was also demonstrated in vivo. We demonstrated that the newly isolated strains exhibit different PGP activities, highlighting how the latter are regulated by NaCl and in a strain-dependent manner. In particular, the main results showed that NaCl negatively affects the production of IAA in QH23, M21 and M23, whereas it promotes it in QH24, where it is strictly salt-dependent. Both Halomonas strains produce ammonium only in the presence of NaCl, directly correlated to its concentration. The opposite occurs in Bacillus strains, where salt reduces its production up to ten times. Overall, the results underline how halotolerance is a preferable, but not sufficient, condition for considering a PGPR potentially useful in applications aimed at improving the tolerance and productivity of crops in saline soils.
Funder
University of Salerno/Department of Chemistry and Biology
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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