Pantoea alhagi, a novel endophytic bacterium with ability to improve growth and drought tolerance in wheat.

ABSTRACT: A novel strain LTYR-11Z^T that exhibited multiple plant growth promoting (PGP) traits was isolated from the surface-sterilized leaves of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. (Leguminosae), which reprsents one of the top drought tolerant plants in north-west China. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences and multilocus sequence analysis based on partial sequences of atpD, gyrB, infB and rpoB genes revealed that strain LTYR-11Z^T was a member of the genus Pantoea, with Pantoea theicola NBRC 110557^T and Pantoea intestinalis DSM 28113^T as the closest phylogenetic relatives. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization, phenotypic tests and fatty acid analysis confirmed that strain LTYR-11Z^T represents a novel species of the genus Pantoea, for which we

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5269684 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature