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Table 2 The most frequent diazotrophic bacteria associated to rice fields

From: Agronomic and environmental aspects of diazotrophic bacteria in rice fields

Bacteria

Source of sample

Technique

Experimental conditions

Reference

Anabaena spp., Nostoc spp.

Water, soil, rhizosphere of rice fields

Counting of cyanobacteria

Samples collected from diverse rice agroecological regions and soil types

Irisarri et al. 2001; Prasanna and Nayak 2007

Azoarcus spp.

Rice soil

DNA/RNA—DGGE fingerprinting; nifH—-qPCR

Wet rice field

MÃ¥rtensson et al. 2009

Azospirillum spp.

Rice shoots and roots

16S rDNA, morphological and physiological features

Greenhouse, field

Elbeltagy et al. 2001; Jha et al. 2009; Prayitno and Rolfe 2010

Azotobacter sp.

Rice rhizosphere

Biochemical characteristics

Field

Torres-Rubio et al. 2000

Bacillus spp., Stenotrophomonas sp., Xanthomonas sp.

Surface of rice seeds

16S rRNA sequences

Wet rice field

Mano et al. 2006

Burkholderia spp., Gluconacetobacter spp., Herbaspirillum spp.

Rice roots

Phylogenetic probes and fluorescent in situ hybridization

Field

Jha et al. 2009

Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp.

Rice soils

Fatty acid methyl ester characterization

Field

Islam et al. 2012b

Ochrobactrum spp., Stenotrophomonas spp.

Rice seeds, roots, shoots and soils

16S rRNA PCR–DGGE

Pot

Hardoim et al. 2012

Othman et al. 2013

Paenibacillus spp.

Rice leaves, stems and roots

nifH sequence analysis

Wet rice field

Ji et al. 2014

Pantoea spp., Pseudomonas spp.

Rice root and rhizospheric soil

16S rRNA sequencing and fatty acid methyl ester analysis

Field

Spence et al. 2014

Rhizobium spp.

Rice roots and rhizospheric soil

Most probable number—16S rRNA analysis

Field

Yanni et al. 1997

Serratia spp.

Rice roots and stems

Fragment length polymorphism—16S rRNA sequencing

Wet rice field

Gyaneshwar et al. 2001

Sphingomonas spp.

Endophytically in roots and rhizospheric soil of rice

Morphological and physiological features

Field

Prayitno and Rolfe 2010

Chung et al. 2011