INTRODUCTION Antibiotic sensitivity and the effect of temperature on microbial growth are two standard laboratory activities found in most microbial laboratory manuals. We have found a novel way to combine the two activities to demonstrate how temperature can influence antibiotic sensitivity using a standard incubator in instructional laboratory settings. This activity reinforces the important ...

Given the hypothesis that co-inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) enhances beneficial effects of Rhizobium tropici greater mineral nutrition, optimizes biological nitrogen fixation and reduces use fertilizers in bean plants, objective this research was to evaluate synergistic associated Azospirillum brasilense, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas fluorescens their combinations, on...

There is a growing awareness that biodiversity not only drives ecosystem services but also affects evolutionary dynamics. However, different theories predict contrasting outcomes on when do evolutionary processes occur within a context of competition. We tested whether functional diversity can explain diversification patterns. We tracked the survival and diversification of a focal bacterial spe...

BCR analysis for five selected fungicides and bioagent (Pseudomonas fluorescens) recorded highest in Propiconazole (1.72:1) followed by Propineb (1.47:1), (P. (1.46:1), Myclobutanil (1.45:1), Carbendazim (1.34:1), Thiopanate (1.33:1) Control (1.13:1). This inferred that treatment investment of Re.1.00 will generate gross income Rs.1.72 or net return (Re.0.72) following other treatments i.e, (Re...

Numerous bacteria coordinate gene expression in response to small signalling molecules in many cases known as acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs), which accumulate as a function of cell density in a process known as quorum sensing. This work aimed to determine if phenotypes that are important to define microbial activity in foods such as biofilm formation, swarming motility and proteolytic activity ...

Phytoncides are organic compounds, produced by plants in order to protect them from different microorganisms. Over the years a number of plants and their extracts are subjected to investigation of their antibacterial properties. The increase in the number of side reactions caused by antibiotics, and other drugs used in medical practice, turned back the attention of many scientists to studies of...

Milk proteolysis caused by Pseudomonas fluorescens is a serious problem in the dairy industries as a result of its ability to grow under refrigeration. The use of phages to control contaminants in food has been considered an alternative to traditional methods; therefore, a thorough understanding of such organisms is vital for their use. In this study, we show the complete genome sequence and an...

The growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens (ATCC 11150) on sodium maleate was observed, and the composition of the media was monitored in batch culture. Utilization of the maleate as the sole organic carbon source proceeded by stepwise conversion to fumarate and then to malate. Respiration rates of P. fluorescens on maleate, mixtures of maleate and fumarate salts, and mixtures of maleate and malate ...

The Pseudomonas fluorescens strain UM270 was isolated form the rhizosphere of wild Medicago spp. A previous work has shown that this pseudomonad isolate was able to produce diverse diffusible and volatile compounds involved in plant protection and growth promotion. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the rhizobacterium P. fluorescens strain UM270. The sequence covers 6,047,974 bp of a...

Serratia marcescens, a chitinase-producing microorganism, was shown to produce five unique chitinolytic proteins with subunit molecular masses of 21, 36, 48, 52, and 57 kilodaltons. A cosmid library of S. marcescens DNA was constructed in the broad-host-range cosmid pLAFR1 and screened in Escherichia coli for clones capable of degrading chitin. A total of four independent clones (22- to 27-kilo...