Rhizospheric bacteria from the Atacama Desert hyper-arid core: cultured community dynamics and plant growth promotion.

ABSTRACT: The Atacama Desert is the oldest and driest desert on Earth, encompassing great temperature variations, high ultraviolet radiation, drought, and high salinity, making it ideal for studying the limits of life and resistance strategies. It is also known for harboring a great biodiversity of adapted life forms. While desertification is increasing as a result of climate change and human activities, it is necessary to optimize soil and water usage, where stress-resistant crops are possible solutions. As many studies have revealed the great impact of the rhizobiome on plant growth efficiency and resistance to abiotic stress, we set up to explore the rhizospheric soils of Suaeda foliosa and Distichlis spicata desert plants. By culturing these soils and using 16S rRNA amplicon sequen

SUBMITTER: Castro-Severyn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11237387 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature