Isolation and characterization of cyanobacteria and microalgae from a sulfuric pond: Plant growth-promoting and soil bioconsolidation activities.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable alternatives are essential to improving agriculture production to meet the growing world's critical demands. Cyanobacteria and microalgae are considered renewable resources with a wide range of potential uses in the agricultural sector. We aimed to isolate cyanobacteria and microalgae from the mud of a carbon dioxide-rich sulfur pond and to investigate their plant growth-promoting (PGP) and soil bio-consolidating ability. Mud samples were subjected to DNA extraction and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize the prokaryotic community. Phototrophic culturable microbiota was isolated and evaluated for different PGP properties. The most relevant isolates were combined in a consortium and used for in vitro bioconsolidation activity. In a greenhouse experiment, the isolates

SUBMITTER: Farda B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609429 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature