The genetic and evolutionary relationships among floral nectar-dwelling Pseudomonas 'sensu stricto' isolates associated to South African and Mediterranean plants were investigated by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of four core housekeeping genes (rrs, gyrB, rpoB and rpoD). A total of 35 different sequence types were found for the 38 nectar bacterial isolates characterised. Phylogenetic ana...

Recent studies on the biodegradation phthalate esters in natural ecosystems, sewage, and laboratory cultures are reviewed. There is ample evidence to demonstrate that bacteria are major elements in the biodegradative processes and that in most situations complete oxidation of the aromatic ring occurs; much less is known about the catabolism of the alcoholic moiety, e.g., 2-ethylhexanol. Evidenc...

the majority of rhizospheric bacteria, particularly fluorescent pseudomonads are able to stimulate plant growth by producing different metabolites including hydrogen cyanide and siderophores. to evaluate the effect of these metabolites on wheat growth, strains of fluorescent pseudomonads were isolated from the wheat rhizosphere in khorasan provinces, identified and studied for production of hyd...

an identification of the environmental factors regulating the biosynthesis of antibiotics by fluorescent pseudomonads is an essential step toward improving the ability of these bacteria to control plant pathogens. investigation of nine fluorescent pseudomonads, utilized in growth suppression of rhizoctonia solani, the causal agent of root rot and damping-off of bean plants, by the method of hpl...

Iron plays an important role in the pathogenesis and rhizosphere competence of the fluorescent group of pseudomonads and it is, thus, fitting that the characteristic fluorescence of these organisms is attributable to an iron-chelating molecule, pyoverdine. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is likely the best-studied member of this group, and while it synthesizes two siderophores, pyochelin and pyoverdine,...

The selective toxicity of the respiratory inhibitor Tinopal AN (1,l-bis (3,N-5dimethylbenzoxazol-2-yl) methine p-toluene sulphonate) towards phytopathogenic bacteria was investigated further and in general was confirmed using more than 160 additional strains of Pseudomonas spp. The mechanism(s) of the resistance shown by saprophytic fluorescent pseudomonads were studied to elucidate the differe...