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Diversity and symbiotic effectiveness of beta-rhizobia isolated from sub-tropical legumes of a Brazilian Araucaria Forest

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Author(s):
Lammel, Daniel R. [1] ; Cruz, Leonardo M. [2] ; Carrer, Helaine [3] ; Cardoso, Elke J. B. N. [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, ESALQ, Dept Soil Sci, Soil Microbiol Lab, Piracicaba - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Parana UFPR, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, ESALQ, Dept Sci, Mol Biol Lab, Piracicaba - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY; v. 29, n. 12, p. 2335-2342, DEC 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 10
Abstract

While the occurrence of Betaproteobacteria occupying the nodules of tropical legumes has been shown, little is known about subtropical areas. Araucaria Forest is a subtropical endangered ecosystem, and a better understanding of the legume-rhizobial symbionts may allow their use in land reclamation. The 16S rRNA gene of bacteria isolated from nine leguminous species was sequenced and their nodulation tested in Mimosa scabrella and Phaseolus vulgaris. 196 isolates were identified as eight genotypes: Pantoea, Pseudomonas, Bradyrhizobium sp1-2, Rhizobium, and Burkholderia sp1-3. The majority of the isolates from native plants (87 %) were taxonomically related to beta-rhizobia, namely Burkholderia, however the legumes Galactia crassifolia and Collea speciosa were nodulated by both alpha and beta-rhizobia, and Acacia dealbata, an exotic plant, only by alpha-rhizobia. The nifH genes of some isolates were sequenced and N-fixing potential shown by the acetylene reduction test. Most of the isolates nodulated the test plants, some were effective in M. scabrella, but all presented low efficiency in the exotic promiscuous legume P. vulgaris. Pantoea and Pseudomonas did not nodulate and probably are endophytic bacteria. The presented data shows diversity of alpha, beta and gamma-Proteobacteria in nodules of subtropical legumes, and suggests host specificity with beta-rhizobia. Potential isolates were found for M. scabrella, indicating that a high N-fixing strain may be further inoculated in plants for use in reforestation. (AU)