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Title: | Isolation and characterization of osmotolerant bacteria from Thar Desert of Western Rajasthan (India) |
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Authors: | Sharma R R Manda S Gupta S Kumar V K Yadav |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2013-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | bacteria osmotolerant RISA temperature Thar Desert |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Sharma R, R Manda, S Gupta, S Kumar, and V K Yadav. 2013- Isolation and characterization of osmotolerant bacteria from Thar Desert of Western Rajasthan (India)- in Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. Vol. 61 (4): 1551-1562 |
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Abstract/Description: | The Thar Desert harsher environment harbors a limited diversity of life forms due to extreme conditions like low moisture of sandy soils and high soil temperature. In the present study, osmotolerant bacteria from the Thar soils were isolated and characterized. Bacteria were isolated from 20 soil samples (100g), collected from sand dunes, suspended in water and absolute alcohol. A total of 11 biochemical and morphological tests were carried out for generic identification of bacteria. Osmotic tolerance capacity of isolates was examined on glycerol, NaCl and alcohol; and sequencing of 16S rRNA gene was also performed for bacterial identification. 16S to 23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer analysis (RISA) was done for phylogenetic analysis of isolates. The soil suspended in water contained 2.5×106 bacteria/g of soil while alcohol suspended soil had 4.4×104 bacteria/g. The 24 bacterial isolates were found tolerant to 26% glycerol, 14% NaCl and 10% of alcohol, and 22 out of 24 isolates were found Gram positive. The results showed that 45.83% and 41.67% bacteria belong to Bacillus spp. and Corynebacterium spp., respectively, while Acinetobacter spp., Aeromonas spp. and Staphylococcus spp. were in equal proportion (4.16% each). Six isolates were selected for 16S rRNA gene sequencing and five were found 95% similar with Bacillus licheniformis whereas one isolate was identified as B. subtilis. All the isolates showed good growth up to 50°C with gradual reduction on subsequent increment of temperature. Out of 24 isolates, six could survive at 65°C while one isolate could grow at 63°C. Growth kinetic studies revealed that the reduction in generation time in solute(s) and temperature stress was more as compared to generation time in plain medium. This study suggests that virgin sand dunes may be a rich source of bacteria, tolerant to osmotrophic solutes, and can be examined for plant growth promotion activity in agriculture. Moreover, study might help to resolve the tactic adopted by microbes to defeat desiccation induced by various types of solutes. |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Article |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Tropical Biology and Conservation. |
Volume No.: | 61(4) |
Page Number: | 1551-1562 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Div.III (PI&PM) |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | ISSN 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v61i4.12790 |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/44287 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CAZRI-Publication |
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