Phosphate solubilising bacteria
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- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
- Vol. 17 (2) , 41-43
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.1971.10432851
Abstract
Bacteria belonging to different species and genera have been found to solubilise organic and inorganic phosphate compounds (3,1,5). Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum which was earlier known to be specific for mineralization of oraganic phosphates (3) was later found to solubilise inorganic insoluble tri-calcium phosphate (1) . The later compound was also found to be solubilised by {itBacillus magaterium}, {itBacillus circulans} and {itEscherichia freundii} isolated from Delhi soil (5). For application of any of these organisms as inoculant it is necessary to find out the pH value or the range of the pH values at which these organisms can function and increase the availability of phosphate in soil. In the present work, efficiencies of these selected microflora in dissolving tri-calcium phosphate were compared at different pH values.Keywords
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- Colorimetric Determination of Phosphorus in Biological MaterialsIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition, 1942