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Appl Environ Microbiol 71:4951–4959
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Dick W, Cheng L, Wang P (2000) Soil acid and alkaline phosphatase activity as pH adjustment
indicators. Soil Biol Biochem 32:1915–1919
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bacteria in wheat. Acta Physiol Plant 31(4):861–864
Egamberdieva D (2012) Pseudomonas chlororaphis: a salt-tolerant bacterial inoculant for plant
growth stimulation under saline soil conditions. Acta Physiol Plant 34(2):751–756
Etesami H, Hosseini HM, Alikhani HA, Mohammadi L (2014) Bacterial biosynthesis of
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase and Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) as
endophytic preferential selection traits by rice plant seedlings. J Plant Growth Regul
33:654–670
Glazebrook J (2005) Contrasting mechanisms of defense against biotrophic and necrotrophic
pathogens. Annu Rev Phytopathol 43:205–227
Glick BR (2005) Modulation of plant ethylene levels by the bacterial enzyme ACC deaminase.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 251:1–7
Glick BR, Penrose DM, Li J (1998) A model for the lowering of plant ethylene concentrations by
plant growth promoting bacteria. J Theor BioI 190:63–68
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effects on microbial biomass and C and N mineralization in a Brazilian Oxisol. Soil Tillage Res
77:137–145
Barriuso J, Solano BR, Lucas JA, Lobo AP, Villaraco AG, Mañero FJG (2008) In: Ahmad I,
Pichtel J, Hayat S (eds) Ecology, genetic diversity and screening strategies of plant growth
promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Wiley, Weinheim, pp 1–17
Berg G, Zachow C, Müller H, Phillips J, Tilcher R (2013) Next-generation bio-products sowing the
seeds of success for sustainable agriculture. Agronomy 3:648–656. https://doi.org/10.3390/
agronomy3040648
Bhattacharyya PN, Jha DK (2012) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): emergence in
agriculture. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28(4):1327–1350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274011-0979-9
Bloemberg GV, Lugtenberg BJJ (2001) Molecular basis of plant growth promotion and biocontrol
by rhizobacteria. Curr Opin Plant Biol 4:343–350
Bona E, Lingua G, Manassero P, Cantamessa S, Marsano F, Todeschin IV, Copetta A,
D’Agostino G, Massa N, Avidano L, Gamalero E, Berta G (2015) AM fungi and PGP
pseudomonads increase flowering, fruit production, and vitamin content in strawberry grown
at low nitrogen and phosphorus levels. Mycorrhiza 25:181–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s00572-014-0599-y
Bona E, Cantamessa S, Massa N, Manassero P, Marsano F, Copetta A, Lingua G, D’Agostino G,
Gamalero E, Berta G (2017) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting pseudomonads improve yield, quality and nutritional value of tomato: a field study. Mycorrhiza
27:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0727-y
Boukhalfa H, Crumbliss AL (2002) Chemical aspects of siderophore mediated iron transport.
Biometals 15:325–339. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020218608266
Cheong YH, Chang HS, Xun Wang RG, Zhu T, Luan S (2002) Transcriptional profiling reveals
novel interactions between wound wounding, pathogen, abiotic stress, and hormonal responses
in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 129:661–677
Compant S, Duffy B, Nowak J, Clement C, Barka EA (2005a) Use of plant growth- promoting
bacteria for biocontrol of plant diseases: principles, mechanisms of action, and future prospects.
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:4951–4959
Compant S, Reiter B, Sessitsch A, Nowak J, Clement C, Ait Barka E (2005b) Endophytic
colonization of Vitis vinifera L. by plant growth-promoting bacterium Burkholderia sp. strain
PsJN. Appl Environ Microbiol Res 71:1685–1693
de Zelicourt A, Al-Yousif M, Hirt H (2013) Rhizosphere microbes as essential partners for plant
stress tolerance. Mol Plant 6:242–245. https://doi.org/10.1093/mp/sst028
Dick W, Cheng L, Wang P (2000) Soil acid and alkaline phosphatase activity as pH adjustment
indicators. Soil Biol Biochem 32:1915–1919
Egamberdieva D (2009) Alleviation of salt stress by plant growth regulators and IAA producing
bacteria in wheat. Acta Physiol Plant 31(4):861–864
Egamberdieva D (2012) Pseudomonas chlororaphis: a salt-tolerant bacterial inoculant for plant
growth stimulation under saline soil conditions. Acta Physiol Plant 34(2):751–756
Etesami H, Hosseini HM, Alikhani HA, Mohammadi L (2014) Bacterial biosynthesis of
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase and Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) as
endophytic preferential selection traits by rice plant seedlings. J Plant Growth Regul
33:654–670
Glazebrook J (2005) Contrasting mechanisms of defense against biotrophic and necrotrophic
pathogens. Annu Rev Phytopathol 43:205–227
Glick BR (2005) Modulation of plant ethylene levels by the bacterial enzyme ACC deaminase.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 251:1–7
Glick BR, Penrose DM, Li J (1998) A model for the lowering of plant ethylene concentrations by
plant growth promoting bacteria. J Theor BioI 190:63–68
322
S. Antonius et al.