1. Natural association of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and diazotrophic Acetobacter peroxydans with wetland rice.
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Muthukumarasamy R, Cleenwerck I, Revathi G, Vadivelu M, Janssens D, Hoste B, Gum KU, Park KD, Son CY, Sa T, and Caballero-Mellado J
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- Acetobacter classification, Acetobacter genetics, Acetobacter metabolism, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, DNA, Bacterial chemistry, DNA, Bacterial genetics, DNA, Ribosomal chemistry, DNA, Ribosomal genetics, Environmental Microbiology, Genes, rRNA, Gluconacetobacter classification, Gluconacetobacter genetics, Gluconacetobacter metabolism, India, Molecular Sequence Data, Nitrogen Fixation, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Oxidoreductases genetics, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Bacterial genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Acetobacter isolation & purification, Gluconacetobacter isolation & purification, Oryza microbiology
- Abstract
The family Acetobacteraceae currently includes three known nitrogen-fixing species, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, G. johannae and G. azotocaptans. In the present study, acetic acid-producing nitrogen-fixing bacteria were isolated from four different wetland rice varieties cultivated in the state of Tamilnadu, India. Most of these isolates were identified as G. diazotrophicus on the basis of their phenotypic characteristics and PCR assays using specific primers for that species. Based on 16S rDNA partial sequence analysis and DNA: DNA reassociation experiments the remaining isolates were identified as Acetobacter peroxydans, another species of the Acetobacteraceae family, thus far never reported as diazotrophic. The presence of nifH genes in A. peroxydans was confirmed by PCR amplification with nifH specific primers. Scope for the findings: This is the first report of the occurrence and association of N2-fixing Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and Acetobacter peroxydans with wetland rice varieties. This is the first report of diazotrophic nature of A. peroxydans.
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- 2005
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