Prevalence of plant beneficial and human pathogenic bacteria isolated from salad vegetables in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study aimed at enumerating, identifying and categorizing the endophytic cultivable bacterial community in selected salad vegetables (carrot, cucumber, tomato and onion). Vegetable samples were collected from markets of two vegetable hot spot growing areas, during two different crop harvest seasons. Crude and diluted vegetable extracts were plated and the population of endophytic bacteria was assessed based on morphologically distinguishable colonies. The bacterial isolates were identified by growth in selective media, biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Results

The endophytic population was found to be comparably higher in cucumber and tomato in both of the sampling locations, whereas lower in carrot and onion. Bacterial isolates belonged to 5 clas

SUBMITTER: Nithya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5348887 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature