Arsenic stress management through arsenite and arsenate-tolerant growth-promoting bacteria in rice

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Arsenic (As) contamination is a major problem affecting soil and groundwater in India, harming agricultural crops and human health. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have emerged as promising agents for reducing As toxicity in plants. This study aimed to isolate and characterize As-tolerant PGPR from rice field soils with varying As levels in five districts of West Bengal, India. A total of 663 bacterial isolates were obtained from the different soil samples, and 10 bacterial strains were selected based on their arsenite (As-III) and arsenate (As-V) tolerant ability and multiple PGP traits, including phosphate solubilization, production of siderophore, indole acetic acid, biofilm formation, alginate, and exopolysaccharide. These isolates were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis as Staphylococcus sp. (4), Niallia sp. (2), Priestia sp. (1), Bacillus sp. (1), Pseudomonas sp. (1), and Citricoccus sp. (1). Among the selected bacterial strains, Priestia flexa NBRI4As1 and Pseudomonas chengduensis NBRI12As1 demonstrated significant improvement in rice growth by alleviating arsenic stress under greenhouse conditions. Both strains were also able to modulate photosynthetic pigments, soluble sugar content, proline concentration, and defense enzyme activity. Reduction in As-V accumulation inoculated with NBRI4As1 was recorded highest by 53.02% and 31.48%, while As-III by NBRI12As1 38.84% and 35.98% in the roots and shoots of rice plants, respectively. Overall, this study can lead to developing efficient As-tolerant bacterial strains-based bioinoculant application packages for arsenic stress management in rice.

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E-Artikel

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - (2023) vom: 18. Nov.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Majhi, Basudev [VerfasserIn]
Semwal, Pradeep [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Shashank Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Misra, Sankalp [VerfasserIn]
Chauhan, Puneet Singh [VerfasserIn]

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Arsenate
Arsenite
Bioremediation
Journal Article
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

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Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1007/s10123-023-00447-w

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NLM364706341