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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 7-13Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.04.001
Keywords
Arsenic; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Helianthus annus (sunflower); Toxicity; Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; Triticum aestivum (wheat)
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- Lincoln University Research Fund
- School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University
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Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain CB1809 was recently identified as a plant growth-promoting rhizo-bacteria in high arsenic substrate. However, it is not known if B. japonicum has growth promoting properties in plant species other than its leguminous host or the bacterium's tolerance to arsenic and metals. Solution culture was used to test the response of sunflower (Helianthus annus L) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L) to B. japonicum inoculation under elevated arsenic. The resazurin assay was used to determine the tolerance of B. japonicum to bioavailable heavy metals in solution. Inoculated sunflower and wheat were more tolerant of arsenic than uninoculated treatments. Thus, the growth promoting attributes of B. japonicum are not limited by the legume-rhizobium symbiosis. The concentration of indolic compounds did not differ between inoculated and uninoculated treatments suggesting the growth-promoting mechanism is not mediated by auxin. The effective concentrations for a 50% decrease in activity were arsenic >50 mu M, cadmium 5.8 mu M, copper 0.86 mu M, manganese 83 mu M, nickel 7.4 mu M and zinc 29 mu M. These results suggest B. japonicum has potential as a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium for a range of plant species in arsenic contaminated sites and possibly for sites contaminated with other heavy metals. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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