Isolation, characterization, intrinsic antibiotic resistance and survival of Azospirilla introduced as biofertilizer in Rhizosphere soil [electronic resource].

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This experiment was performed to isolate and characterize Azospirillum present in Egyptian soils. Intrinsic antibiotic resistances against 11 antibiotics were determined. The ability of Azospirillum introduced as seed inoculation. to survive in soil and to colonize the rhizosphere was tested. Wheat, Faba bean and Squash grown in clay soil were inoculated with two antibiotics marked isolates. Introduced bacteria were always detected in high numbers in the rhizosphere of test plants than in soil apart but they generally represented a small fraction less than 3% of total Azospirillum in the rhizosphere.

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