Exploitation of plant growth promoting (PGP) rhizobacteria (PGPR) as crop inoculants could
propel sustainable intensification of agriculture to feed our rapidly growing population …

Bacteria adapt to environmental stimuli by adjusting their transcriptomes in a complex
manner, the full potential of which has yet to be established for any individual bacterial …

Biological control of soil-borne pathogens comprises the decrease of inoculum or of the
disease producing activity of a pathogen through one or more mechanisms. Interest in …

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 is a Gram-positive, plant-associated bacterium, which
stimulates plant growth and produces secondary metabolites that suppress soil-borne plant …

Phytohormone-like acting compounds previously have been suggested to be involved in the
phytostimulatory action exerted by the plant-beneficial rhizobacterium Bacillus …

Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) offer an environment-friendly and efficient
alternative to chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Among them, endospore-forming bacilli are …

There is an increasing demand on the productivity of crops, and the use of biofertilizers in
the production plays an important role as a supplement to improve the growth and yield of …

Plants have developed a wide-range of adaptations to overcome nutrient limitation,
including changes to the quantity and composition of carbon-containing compounds …

Background The plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strain Bacillus
amyloliquefaciens SQR9, isolated from the cucumber rhizosphere, protects the host plant …

Phytases are phosphatases which stepwise remove phosphates from phytic acid or its salts.
β-Propeller phytase (BPPhy) belongs to a special class of microbial phytases that is …