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Table 6.2
Plant-growth-promoting traits exhibited by phosphate-solubilizing actinobacteria
Actinomycetes
Source of isolation
Test plant
Test condition
Plant-growth-promoting traits References
Micrococcus
sp. NII-0909
Western ghat forest soil in
India
Cow pea
In vitro
Auxin production,
1-aminocyclopropane-1-
carboxylate deaminase
activity, and siderophore
production
Dastager
et al. (
2010
)
Microbacterium azadirachtae
sp. nov. AI-S262
T
Rhizoplane of neem
seedlings
-
Plate assay
IAA production, P solubiliza-
tion, ACC deaminase
activity, and sulfur
oxidation
Madhaiyan
et al. (
2010
)
Streptomyces rochei
IDWR19,
Streptomyces carpinensis
IDWR53,
Streptomyces
thermolilacinus
IDWR81
Wheat rhizosphere
-
Solid-state fermentation
Soil enzyme production
(invertase, cellulase alka-
line protease, phytase
chitinase)
Jog et al. (
2012
)
Streptomyces rochei
IDWR19,
Streptomyces
thermolilacinus
IDWR81
Wheat rhizosphere
Wheat
Plant growth experiment
Increase in biomass of 1
8-
and 2
3-fold; increase of
shoot length of plants
Microbacterium
sp. F10a
Oil-polluted soil
Wheat
Pot experiment
Significantly increased growth
of wheat indoleacetic acid,
siderophore, and
1-aminocyclopropane-1-
carboxylate deaminase
activity and solubilizing
inorganic phosphate poly-
cyclic aromatic hydrocar-
bon degrading
(phenanthrene and pyrene
removal)
Sheng
et al. (
2009
)
Streptomyces
,
Microbacterium
Inner tissues of a traditional
Chinese folk medicine
-
In vitro
Qin et al. (
2014
)
