Endophytic Bacteria and Their Potential Applications

Lodewyckx, Cindy; Vangronsveld, Jaco; Porteous, Fiona; Moore, Edward R. B.; Taghavi, Safieh; Mezgeay, Max; Lelie, Daniël van der

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“…Endophytes are microorganisms colonized to an intimate niche of the plant and are beneficial for the growth and health of the host (Lodewyckx et al, 2002). Using both cultivation and cultivation-independent techniques, Idris et al (2004) investigated the endophytes and rhizobacteria with Thlaspi goesingense, a hyperaccumulator of Nickel.…”

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New advances in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for bioremediation

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Shim

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New advances in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for bioremediation

Zhuang

Chen

Shim

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Environment International

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“…They are ubiquitous in most plant species, residing latently or actively colonizing the tissues. Bacterial endophytes are highly diverse with many different taxa colonizing a wide variety of plant species 13 . It has been reported 14 that substantial numbers of endophytes (10 3 -10 6 cells) can colonize the vascular system (phloem, xylem).…”

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Engineered endophytic bacteria improve phytoremediation of water-soluble, volatile, organic pollutants

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Phytoremediation of highly water soluble and volatile organic xenobiotics is often inefficient because plants do not completely degrade these compounds through their rhizospheres. This results in phytotoxicity and/or volatilization of chemicals through the leaves, which can cause additional environmental problems. We demonstrate that endophytic bacteria equipped with the appropriate degradation pathway improve the in planta degradation of toluene. We introduced the pTOM toluene-degradation plasmid of Burkholderia cepacia G4 into B. cepacia L.S.2.4, a natural endophyte of yellow lupine. After surface-sterilized lupine seeds were successfully inoculated with the recombinant strain, the engineered endophytic bacteria strongly degraded toluene, resulting in a marked decrease in its phytotoxicity, and a 50-70% reduction of its evapotranspiration through the leaves. This strategy promises to improve the efficiency of phytoremediating volatile organic contaminants.

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“…Hallmann et al (1997) defined an endophyte as any micro-organism that resides inside the plant without regard to the specific tissue colonized and these bacterial endophytes can be isolated from surfacedisinfected plant tissue or extracted from internal plant tissue. Endophytic bacteria seem to be distributed in most plant species and have been isolated from roots, leaves, and stems, and a few from flowers, fruits, and seeds (Lodewyckx et al 2002). Endophytic bacteria may accompaniment certain metabolic properties, such as promoting plant growth, controlling soil-borne pathogens, or helping host plant to defeat stress responses to environmental abuse (Mastretta et al 2006;Taghavi et al 2007;Ryan et al 2008).…”

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Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria fromPlectranthus tenuiflorusmedicinal plant in Saudi Arabia desert and their antimicrobial activities

El-Deeb

Fayez

Gherbawy

2013

Journal of Plant Interactions

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The diversity and beneficial characteristics of endophytic microorganisms have been studied in Plectranthus tenuiflorus medicinal plant. However, information regarding naturally occurring P. tenuiflorus plant associated endophytes among different organs of host is limited. Endophytic bacteria were isolated from root, stem, and leaves of P. tenuiflorus plant. Among 28 endophytic bacterial isolates from different organs of P. tenuiflorus plant, 8 isolates were identified by partial sequencing of their 16S rRNA gene. The isolated endophytic bacteria were Bacillus sp., Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus licheniformis, Micrococcus luteus, Paenibacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. The most isolates that exhibited extracellular enzymatic activity were belonged to the genus Bacillus. Furthermore, Bacillus sp. (HE613660) exhibited the stronger activities in extracellular enzymes such as amylase, esterase, lipase, protease, pectinase, xylanase, and cellulase than other strains. Considerable antimicrobial activities against a panel of human pathogenic microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus agalactiae, Proteus mirabilis, and Candida albicans) were recorded using crude extracts of the collected endophytic strains.

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Endophytic Bacteria and Their Potential Applications

Cited by 638 publications

References 113 publications

New advances in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for bioremediation

New advances in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for bioremediation

Engineered endophytic bacteria improve phytoremediation of water-soluble, volatile, organic pollutants

Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria fromPlectranthus tenuiflorusmedicinal plant in Saudi Arabia desert and their antimicrobial activities

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