Table 1 Some potassium solubilizing microorganisms and their excreted organic acids
Microorganism | Organic acid produced | References |
|---|---|---|
Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus niger | Citric, oxalic acids | Prajapati et al. (2012) |
B. edaphicus | Citric, oxalic, tartaric, succinic, α-ketogluconic acids | Shin (2017) |
B. megaterium, Pseudomonas sp. | Lactic, malic, oxalic acids | Meena et al. (2016) |
B. megaterium | Citric acid | Meena et al. (2014) |
B. mucilaginosus | Carboxylic acid | Lin et al. (2002) |
B. mucilaginosus | Citric, oxalic acids, | Sheng and He (2006) |
B. mucilaginosus | Citric, oxalic, tartaric acids | Basak and Biswas (2010) |
B. mucilaginosus | Citric, oxalic, tartaric acids | Bhattacharjya et al. (2021) |
Enterobacter hormaechei | Oxalic, citric acids | Prajapati and Modi (2012) |
E. hormaechei | Oxalic, citric acids | Prajapati et al. (2013) |
Paenibacillus mucilaginosus | Citric, oxalic, tartaric acids | Liu et al. (2012) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Acetic, citric, oxalic acids | Badr et al. (2006) |
Rhizobium tropici strain Q34 | Tartaric, succinic, citric acids | Wang et al. (2015) |