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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (31): 7-13.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0093

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Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Bacteria in Catalpa bungei Tissue Culture Seedling and Its Functional Characteristic Analysis

WANG Luyao1(), GUO Zeliang1, CHEN Weiwei1, MU Yanjuan2, XIE Xiaoman2, TONG Boqiang2, CHENG Shiwei1(), LU Yizeng2()   

  1. 1 School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong 264025
    2 Shandong Provincial Center of Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Jinan 250102
  • Received:2024-02-06 Revised:2024-08-02 Online:2024-11-05 Published:2024-11-04

Abstract:

This study aimed to explore the endophytic bacterial resources of Catalpa bungei tissue culture seedlings, to develop agricultural microorganisms with application potential, promoting the rapid growth and propagation of tissue culture seedlings. The endophytic bacteria were isolated and identified from C. bungei tissue culture seedlings by selective medium in this paper. The nitrogen content in the culture solution was determined to evaluate the nitrogen fixing effect after preliminary screening with Ashby solid medium, and the phosphorus solubilization effect was evaluated using phosphorus content in the culture solution after preliminary screening with Nbrip solid medium, then the inhibitory effect of endophytic bacteria was measured with Alternaria alternate and Fomitopsis semiolaccatus as test objects. 24 strains of endophytic bacteria were isolated from the seedling of C. bungei, and they were identified as Rhizobium zeae by morphological and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The results indicated that the nitrogen fixing capacity of strain NF6 was best as its nitrogen concentration in the Ashby liquid medium reached 111.97 mg/L, and strain NF11 had the best phosphorus solubilization effect due to the phosphorus concentration in Nbrip culture medium reached 1007.95 mg/L. Furthermore, most of the endophytic R. zeae had inhibitory effects on the tested pathogens, and more than 20% of inhibitory rates against A. alternate and F. semiolaccatus respectively had obtained for the 6 and 2 strains of endophytic R. zeae. In this study, the resources of endophytic bacteria with the potentials of promoting growth and resistance to pathogens were obtained, which provided theoretical basis for the potential application of endophytic bacteria in tissue culture seedlings.

Key words: Catalpa bungei, tissue culture seedling, endophyte, isolation and identification, functional characteristics, nitrogen fixation, phosphorus solubilization