Field monitoring of plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria by colony immunoblotting
Autor: | Khanok-on Amprayn, Peter Geelan-Small, Michael T. Rose, Lily Pereg, Ivan R. Kennedy, Ganisan Krishnen, Mihály Kecskés |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Immunoblotting
Immunology Pseudomonas fluorescens Azospirillum brasilense Spirillum Rhizobacteria Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Genetics Food science Molecular Biology Microbial inoculant Soil Microbiology biology Filter paper business.industry Inoculation Reproducibility of Results Oryza General Medicine Plants biology.organism_classification Biotechnology Nylons New South Wales business Soil microbiology Bacteria Rhizobium |
Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 57:914-922 |
ISSN: | 1480-3275 0008-4166 |
DOI: | 10.1139/w11-059 |
Popis: | Inoculant plant-growth-promoting bacteria are emerging as an important component of sustainable agriculture. There is a need to develop inexpensive methods for enumerating these organisms after their application in the field, to better understand their survival and impacts on yields. Immunoblotting is one potential method to measure viable cells, but the high cost of the conventionally used nylon membranes makes this method prohibitive. In this study, less expensive alternative materials such as filter papers, glossy photo papers, and transparencies for the purpose of colony immunoblotting were evaluated and the best substance was chosen for further studies. Whatman filter paper No. 541 combined with a 0.01 mol·L–1 H2SO4 rinsing step gave similar results to nylon membranes but 107 CFU·g–1) of the plant-growth-promoting bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens , Azospirillum brasilense , or Rhizobium leguminosarum . The modified protocol allowed the identification and recovery of over 50% of the inoculated cells of all three strains, amidst a background of the native soil microflora. Subsequently, the survival of P. fluorescens was successfully monitored for several months after application to field-grown rice at Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia, thus validating the procedure. |
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