Phosphite as an engineered niche for <i>Pseudomonas veronii</i> in a synthetic soil bacterial community.

ABSTRACT: Bioaugmentation, the process of soil restoration by introducing microorganisms capable of degrading pollutants, is a promising and cost-effective strategy for environmental remediation. Aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene (BTEX), are highly toxic environmental contaminants that could be transformed to less harmful products through the inoculation of certain organisms capable of BTEX degradation. However, a barrier to successful bioaugmentation is the inoculant's failure to establish within the resident microbial community. In an effort to improve inoculant proliferation, we have investigated phosphite as a phosphorus source for selective nutrient supply. Phosphite is an inaccessible form of phosphorus to organisms that lack the capacity for ph

SUBMITTER: Bailey C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12455932 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature