PMID- 30744815 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190301 LR - 20190301 IS - 1618-0623 (Electronic) IS - 0944-5013 (Linking) VI - 220 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Screening, plant growth promotion and root colonization pattern of two rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens Ps006 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bs006) on banana cv. Williams (Musa acuminata Colla). PG - 12-20 LID - S0944-5013(18)30729-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.micres.2018.11.006 [doi] AB - Banana is the second largest export crop in Colombia. To meet the demand of international markets, high amounts of chemical fertilizers are required, which represent high costs and can be hazardous to the environment. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can, at least partially, replace chemical fertilizers. In this paper, we evaluated the effect of nine PGPR of the genera Bacillus and Pseudomonas on banana growth. Banana seedlings were produced through tissue culture and acclimatized in the greenhouse core. Plants were inoculated with the rhizobacteria and growth parameters (plant height, leaf number, leaf area, pseudostem thickness, root and shoot fresh weight, root and shoot dry weight) were assessed after 55 days. The two best performing PGPR, Bs006 and Ps006 previously identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively, promoted banana growth similarly or even slightly superior to 100% chemical fertilization, and were selected for further characterization of root colonization by both eletron microscopy and confocal microscopy of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-stained root tissues. Both P. fluorescens Ps006 and B. amyloquifaciens Bs006 showed ability to colonize banana roots, but Bs006 appeared faster than Ps006 in the colonization dynamics. This work demonstrated that inoculation of rhizobacteria Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bs006 and Pseudomonas fluorescens Ps006 could partially replace the chemical fertilization of tissue cultured banana plants, and therefore could be used for the formulation of a new biofertilizer. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Gamez, R AU - Gamez R AD - Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research, AGROSAVIA, C.I. Turipana, Monteria, Colombia; University of La Sabana, Chia, Colombia. FAU - Cardinale, M AU - Cardinale M AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: Massimiliano.Cardinale@umwelt.uni-giessen.de. FAU - Montes, M AU - Montes M AD - Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research, AGROSAVIA, C.I. Turipana, Monteria, Colombia. FAU - Ramirez, S AU - Ramirez S AD - Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research, AGROSAVIA, C.I. Tibaitata, Mosquera, Colombia. FAU - Schnell, S AU - Schnell S AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Rodriguez, F AU - Rodriguez F AD - Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research, AGROSAVIA, C.I. Tibaitata, Mosquera, Colombia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181123 PL - Germany TA - Microbiol Res JT - Microbiological research JID - 9437794 RN - 0 (Fertilizers) RN - 0 (Soil) SB - IM MH - Bacillus amyloliquefaciens/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology MH - Colombia MH - Fertilizers MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Musa/*growth & development/*microbiology MH - *Plant Development MH - Plant Leaves/growth & development MH - Plant Roots/*microbiology MH - Pseudomonas fluorescens/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology MH - Seedlings MH - Soil/chemistry MH - Soil Microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bacillus OT - Banana cv. Williams OT - Fluorescence in situ hybridization-confocal laser scanning microscopy (FISH-CLSM) OT - Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) OT - Pseudomonas OT - Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) EDAT- 2019/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/02 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/11/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0944-5013(18)30729-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.micres.2018.11.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microbiol Res. 2019 Mar;220:12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 23.