Diversidade da comunidade bacteriana endofítica de sementes de soja e o seu potencial biotecnológico / Endophytic bacterial community diversity of soybean seeds and its biotechnological potential

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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Plant tissues, including seeds, are inhabited by microorganisms called endophytes, whose interaction with the plant can offer advantages to the host. It is known that plants growth promotion is induced by indole acetic acid (IAA) synthesis, phosphate solubilization and nitrogen fixation, among others. The control of phytopathogenic fungi is also related to a good plant development. Before commercialization, the seed storage conditions can restrict the development of microorganism, due to the low temperature and humidity. This fact leads to the interest of exploring resistant microorganisms to those conditions. The study and the characterization of these communities are of great agronomic and biotechnological interest, being possible its application onto seeds, introducing in the field plants with a greater production potential. In this context, the aim of this study was to isolate and identify the endophytic bacteria community in soybean seeds and study the capacity of these isolates to promote growth in the host plant, including: phosphate solubilization, nitrogen fixation, IAA synthesize and antagonism against phytopathogenic fungi. From seeds of 12 cultivars, 3504 bacteria were isolated. The isolates were morphologically grouped according to the coloration and growth rate of the colony. Representatives of each morph group, totalizing 176, were analyzed using the Amplified Ribosomal Restriction Analysis (ARDRA) technique. A total of 12 ARDRA ribotypes were observed in the cultivable endophytic community of soybean seeds. Representatives of each ribotype had their 16S rDNA gene partially sequenced, allowing to the identification of the members of this community as: Acinetobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Brevibacterium sp., Chryseobacterium sp., Citrobacter sp., Curtobacterium sp., Enterobacter sp., Methylobacterium sp., Microbacterium sp., Micromonospora sp., Pantoea sp., Paenibacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Ochrobactrum sp., Streptomyces sp. and Tsukamurella sp. The endophytic bacterial community of soybean seeds from genetically modified plants showed a greater diversity compared to the bacterial community of conventional seeds. In relation to the biotechnological potential of the community, the outcomes demonstrate that the isolates were able to antagonist phytopathogenic fungi (18%), synthesize IAA (100%), solubilize phosphate (39%) and fix nitrogen (18%). The isolates with best in vitro outcomes were inoculated onto seeds and tested in greenhouse for their ability to promote growth in soybean. The plants answered differently to the inoculation of each bacterial isolate. The major part of the treatments demonstrated a negative influence of bacteria onto plants, while one Enterobacter sp. isolate increased the dry mass weight of roots. Even not differing statistically, some isolates showed a tendency to increase, meanwhile others to decrease the biomass of the plant.

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phosphates fosfatos enterobacter bactérias - técnicas moleculares soybean. seeds microrganismos endofíticos soja. fixação de nitrogênio bacteria molecular techniques sementes endophytic microorganisms enterobacter biotechnology nitrogen fixation biotecnologia

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