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Root colonization of a rice growth promoting strain of Enterobacter cloacae.
Journal of basic microbiology - 1 Oct 2011
Shankar Manoharan, Ponraj Paramasivan, Ilakkiam Devaraj, Gunasekaran Paramasamy
Abstract excerpt
Enterobacter cloacae GS1 was isolated by in-planta enrichment of a rice rhizoplane bacterial community. It displayed strong seed adherence ability (2.5 × 10(5) cfu/seed) and colonized rice roots reaching up to 1.65 × 10(9) cfu/g of fresh root weight in a gnotobiotic root colonization system. E. cloacae GS1 was motile, able to solubilize tricalcium phosphate, and produced indole acetic acid like substances (15...
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