Morphological and Molecular characterization of Flectobacillus roseus isolated from rhizosphere of Pomegranate

Abstract

Flectobacillus spp. was identified on morphological characters such as circular, smooth colony, rod shaped cell with orange pigmentation. It showed negative test for Gram’s reaction, starch hydrolysis, acid production and gas production. The molecular phylogeny of sample was determined by analyzing 16S rRNA gene sequences. On the basis of the position of sequence of the bacterial samples in the phylogenetic tree, sample LP2 showed closest similarity to Flectobacillus roseus.