The objective of this study was to determine the effects inoculation corn seeds with Azospirillum brasilense on grain and fodder production, nutritional value fermentative characteristics silage. experimental design completely randomized consisted two treatments A. control. nutritive silages yield were evaluated. did not increase forage production (P> 0.05) however it resulted in an (P <0...

Heterotrophic growth of microalgae presents significant economic advantages over the more common autotrophic cultivation. The efficiency of growth and nitrogen, phosphorus, and glucose uptake from synthetic wastewater was compared under heterotrophic, autotrophic, and mixotrophic regimes of Chlorella vulgaris Beij. immobilized in alginate beads, either alone or with the bacterium Azospirillum b...

A combination of microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris or C. sorokiniana) and a microalgae growth-promoting bacterium (MGPB, Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd), co-immobilized in small alginate beads, was developed to remove nutrients (P and N) from municipal wastewater. This paper describes the most recent technical details necessary for successful co-immobilization of the two microorganisms, and the...

Encystation in Azospirillum brasilense ATCC 29145 was observed by using routine laboratory staining and phase-contrast and electron microscopy. Encystment occurred in liquid and in solid or semisolid media containing fructose (8 mM) and KNO3 (0.5 mM). The encysted forms consisted of a central body filled with poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid granules, an electron-transparent intinelike region, and...

To evaluate the effect of Azospirillum and mycorrhizal soil fungi on nutrition Jerusalem artichoke crop (Helianthus tuberosus L.), determinations agronomic parameters health status plants were carried out under field conditions. The tests out, at time implantation culture: "seeds" inoculated with A. brasilense native fungi, generating four treatments including control co-inoculation consortium ...

Three starvation regimes (a deficient culture medium, a saline buffer solution and distilled water) were evaluated for their possible effect on cell surface characteristics of Azospirillum lipoferum 1842 related to the initial adsorption of the bacterium to surfaces. The bacteria survived for 7 days in all media although they did not multiply. Upon transfer from a rich growth medium (nutrient a...

Energy taxis encompasses aerotaxis, phototaxis, redox taxis, taxis to alternative electron acceptors, and chemotaxis to oxidizable substrates. The signal for this type of behavior is originated within the electron transport system. Energy taxis was demonstrated, as a part of an overall behavior, in several microbial species, but it did not appear as the dominant determinant in any of them. In t...

The survival of Azospirillum brasilense Cd and Sp-245 in the rhizosphere of wheat and tomato plants and in 23 types of plant-free sterilized soils obtained from a wide range of environments in Israel and Mexico was evaluated. Large numbers of A. brasilense cells were detected in all the rhizospheres tested, regardless of soil type, bacterial strain, the origin of the soil, or the amount of rain...

Transcription of the Azospirillum brasilense ipdC gene, encoding an indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase involved in the biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is induced by IAA as determined by ipdC-gusA expression studies and Northern analysis. Besides IAA, exogenously added synthetic auxins such as 1-naphthaleneacetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxypropionic acid, and p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid we...