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Glasnik Zaštite Bilja, Vol. 44. No. 3., 2021.

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https://doi.org/10.31727/gzb.44.3.3

Phenotypic characterization of indigenous soybean rhizobia

Sanja Kajić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8869-5131 ; Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Nika Skendrović ; Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ivana Rajnović ; Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Sanja Sikora ; Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska

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Abstract

Nodule bacteria in symbiotic communities with legumes allow a significant uptake of biologically fixed nitrogen into the soil. The selection of strains that are resistant to stressful soil conditions is of great importance. Selection of highly efficient strains of nodule bacteria (rhizobia) for successful pre-sowing bacterization of legume seed is especially important today, when we are increasingly faced with extreme weather conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the phenotypic characteristics of strains of nodule bacteria isolated from soybean nodules under conditions that are beyond the optimal values for their growth. Soil samples for strain isolation were collected from Koprivnica-Križevci, Bjelovar- Bilogora and Vukovar-Srijem counties. The ability of strains to grow was tested at different pH values, temperatures, salt concentrations and carbohydrate sources. Antibiotic susceptibility was tested as well. In order to determine the biochemical status of each individual isolate, three biochemical tests (oxidase, urease and catalase) were performed, and the morphological characteristics of the isolates were investigated. It was found that most indigenous strains of rhizobia from this study in vitro showed significant resistance to testing conditions, but they also differ significantly from each other in certain properties. Isolates K2 and K3 from Koprivnica-Križevci county showed the highest tolerance to elevated salt concentrations. From tested antibiotics, ampicillin showed to have the weakest effect on the selected isolates, while the isolates were most sensitive to streptomycin. The obtained results indicate the importance of selection of autochthonous strains of rhizobia.

Keywords

soybean (Glycine max L.); nodule bacteria; phenotypic characterization of strains; biochemical tests

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257076

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Publication date:

7.5.2021.

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Date received: 4 February 2021

Date accepted: 26 March 2021

Publication date: 14 June 2021

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

Pages: 18-24

DOI: 10.31727/gzb.44.3.3

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Subject: Izvorni znanstveni članak

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Subject: Research-article

Keywords:

Keyword: soja (Glycine max L.)

Keyword: kvržične bakterije

Keyword: fenotipska karakterizacija sojeva

Keyword: biokemijski testovi

Keywords:

Keyword: soybean (Glycine max L.)

Keyword: nodule bacteria

Keyword: phenotypic characterization of strains

Keyword: biochemical tests

Fenotipska karakterizacija autohtonih sojeva rizobija koje noduliraju soju

Translated Title (en): Phenotypic characterization of indigenous soybean rhizobia

Sanja Kajić[1]

Email: skajic@agr.hr

Nika Skendrović[1]

Email:

Ivana Rajnović[1]

Email:

Sanja Sikora[1]

Email:

 

[1] Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska

Abstract

Kvržične bakterije u simbioznim zajednicama s mahunarkama omogućuju značajan unos biološki vezanog dušika u tlo. Veliku važnost ima odabir sojeva koji su otporni na stresne uvjete u tlu. Danas se sve više susrećemo s ekstremnim vremenskim uvjetima te je od iznimne važnosti selekcija visoko učinkovitih sojeva kvržičnih bakterija (rizobija) kako bi predsjetvena bakterizacija sjemena mahunarki bila uspješna. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi fenotipske karakteristike sojeva kvržičnih bakterija izoliranih iz kvržica soje u uvjetima koji su izvan optimalnih vrijednosti za njihov rast. Uzorci tla za izolaciju sojeva prikupljeni su s područja Koprivničko-križevačke, Bjelovarsko-bilogorske i Vukovarsko- srijemske županije. Sposobnost rasta sojeva ispitivana je na različitim pH vrijednostima, temperaturama, koncentracijama soli, izvorima ugljikohidrata te je testirana osjetljivost na antibiotike. U svrhu utvrđivanja biokemijskog statusa svakog pojedinog izolata provedena su tri biokemijska testa (oksidaza, ureaza i katalaza) te su istražene morfološke karakteristike izolata. Utvrđeno je da je većina autohtonih sojeva rizobija iz ovog istraživanja u in vitro uvjetima pokazala značajnu otpornost na ispitivane uvjete, ali i da se međusobno značajno razlikuju po određenim svojstvima. Izolati K2 i K3 iz Koprivničko-križevačke županije pokazali su najveću tolerantnost na povišene koncentracije soli. Od ispitivanih antibiotika, ampicilin je imao najslabiji utjecaj na izolate, dok su na streptomicin izolati bili najosjetljiviji. Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju na značaj selekcije autohtonih sojeva rizobija.

Translated Abstract

Nodule bacteria in symbiotic communities with legumes allow a significant uptake of biologically fixed nitrogen into the soil. The selection of strains that are resistant to stressful soil conditions is of great importance. Selection of highly efficient strains of nodule bacteria (rhizobia) for successful pre-sowing bacterization of legume seed is especially important today, when we are increasingly faced with extreme weather conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the phenotypic characteristics of strains of nodule bacteria isolated from soybean nodules under conditions that are beyond the optimal values for their growth. Soil samples for strain isolation were collected from Koprivnica-Križevci, Bjelovar- Bilogora and Vukovar-Srijem counties. The ability of strains to grow was tested at different pH values, temperatures, salt concentrations and carbohydrate sources. Antibiotic susceptibility was tested as well. In order to determine the biochemical status of each individual isolate, three biochemical tests (oxidase, urease and catalase) were performed, and the morphological characteristics of the isolates were investigated. It was found that most indigenous strains of rhizobia from this study in vitro showed significant resistance to testing conditions, but they also differ significantly from each other in certain properties. Isolates K2 and K3 from Koprivnica-Križevci county showed the highest tolerance to elevated salt concentrations. From tested antibiotics, ampicillin showed to have the weakest effect on the selected isolates, while the isolates were most sensitive to streptomycin. The obtained results indicate the importance of selection of autochthonous strains of rhizobia.

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