Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (8): 27-33.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0145

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Screening and Identification of a Salt-tolerant Growth-promoting Bacterium and Its Effect on the Growth of Maize Seedlings

SUN Pei1, WANG Gang1, ZHANG Ya-nan1, LI Qian1, JI Jing1, YANG Dan1, YUAN Dong1, , WANG Chang1, WANG Yu-rong2, WANG Ping2   

  1. 1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300000;
    2. Tianjin Tianda Tianfu Biotechnology Limited,Tianjin 300000
  • Received:2019-02-25 Online:2019-08-26 Published:2019-08-05

Abstract: A strain of salt-tolerant bacteria was screened and isolated from maize rhizosphere using 10% salt concentration LB medium. The strain was identified by morphological characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence,and its growth-promoting characteristics were analyzed. The effect of the strain on maize seedling growth under salt stress was studied by pot experiment. The results showed that the strain was Kocuria rhizophila Y1 with phosphorus solubility. Under normal conditions,when K. rhizophila Y1 was colonized in the rhizosphere of maize seedlings,the plant height and root length increased by 44.96% and 49.45%,the total chlorophyll content increased by 74.44%,respectively,while the MDA content decreased by 0.65 times. Under salt stress,plant height and root length increased by 1.2 and 1.17 times,total chlorophyll content increased by 56.24%,CAT activity increased by 0.9 times,respectively,while MDA content decreased by 0.34 times. Therefore,K. rhizophila Y1 can be used as a biological fertilizer in saline soil to alleviate the inhibition of salt to the growth of maize seedlings and subsequently to promote the growth of maize seedlings.

Key words: rhizosphere growth promoting bacteria, phosphorus solubility, growth promoting, salinization