1. Optimization and production of salicylic acid by rhizobacterial strain Bacillus licheniformis MML2501
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Shanmugam, Prashanth and Narayanasamy, Mathivanan
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Bacillus (Bacteria) -- Usage ,Bacillus (Bacteria) -- Physiological aspects ,Bacillus (Bacteria) -- Research ,Fermentation -- Usage ,Salicylic acid -- Production processes ,Salicylic acid -- Chemical properties ,Salicylic acid -- Research ,Health - Abstract
The Rhizobacterial isolate Bacilluslicheniformis MML2501 effectively inhibited the mycelial growth of fungal pathogens viz., Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium udum, Fusarium oxysporum, Bipolaris oryzae, Pyricularia oryzae, Alternaria alternata and Curvularia lunata. Bacilluslicheniformis MML2501 was tolerant to heavy metals such as zinc, cobalt and selenium. B. licheniformis MML2501 was tolerant to fungicides such as propiconazole and tridemorph and showed moderate tolerance to tricyclazole and it was showed resistant to antibiotics such as ampicillin, streptomycin, bacitracin, cephalotitin, erythromycin and oxytetracycline. Bacilluslicheniformis MML2501 produced salicylic acid (SA), with a maximum yield of 18 [micro]g/ml in optimized culture conditions such as pH 7.0, temperature 30[degrees]C, casaminoacids at a concentration of 0.4% and at 200 rpm shaken condition. SA produced by Bacilluslicheniformis MML2501 was further confirmed by TLC and HPLC analyses, in which the Rf value and retention time of 0.61 and 5.24 min, respectively were matching with that of authentic SA. Therefore the present study suggests that the rhizobacterial strain Bacilluslicheniformis MML2501 has merits to be a beneficial bacteria for the crop protection through systemic resistance. Keywords: Bacillus licheniformis MML2501 | ampicillin | salicylic acid, Introduction Plants actively respond to a variety of chemical stimuli produced by soil- and plant-associated microbes. Such stimuli can either induce or condition plant host defenses through biochemical changes that [...]
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- 2009