Biotechnological and agronomic potential of endophytic pink-pigmented methylotrophic Methylobacterium spp.

ABSTRACT: The genus Methylobacterium is composed of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophic (PPFM) bacteria, which are able to synthesize carotenoids and grow on reduced organic compounds containing one carbon (C1), such as methanol and methylamine. Due to their high phenotypic plasticity, these bacteria are able to colonize different habitats, such as soil, water, and sediment, and different host plants as both endophytes and epiphytes. In plant colonization, the frequency and distribution may be influenced by plant genotype or by interactions with other associated microorganisms, which may result in increasing plant fitness. In this review, different aspects of interactions with the host plant are discussed, including their capacity to fix nitrogen, nodule the host plant, produce cytokinins, aux

SUBMITTER: Dourado MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4377440 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature