Isolation and molecular characterization of Pseudomonas spp. with antagonistic activity against Macrophomina phaseolina

Abstract

A study was conducted to isolate and characterize bacterial isolates from Rhizosphere soils with potential for suppression of charcoal rot pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot maize. Out of 10 bacterial isolates collected from forest rhizosphere soils, 2 isolates were found to be antagonistic to M. phaseolina in in vitro studies. In these best two isolates were molecularly characterized by using 16s rRNA. Data for bacterial antagonists have been deposited under the following accession numbers: MN985505 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and MN985650 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa.).