Rock Phosphate Solubilization and Heavy Metals Resistance of Rhizbacteria Isolated from Nodules of Lathyrus ochrus

• Main Authors: Chama Lemboub, Djamel Chekireb
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2018-06-01
• Series: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
• Subjects: arp; heavy metals; lathyrus ochrus; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr); phosphate solubilization.
• Online Access: https://microbiologyjournal.org/rock-phosphate-solubilization-and-heavy-metals-resistance-of-rhizbacteria-isolated-from-nodules-of-lathyrus-ochrus/

Fifty-one rhizobacteria were isolated from root nodules of the wild legume Lathyrus ochrus, wild legume growing in a polluted soil around the Steel Factory Sider El-Hadjar in the north east of Algeria. These isolates characterized for their ability to dissolve inorganic phosphate and their tolerance to the following heavy metals cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead, iron and zinc. Sixty per cent of the isolates solubilize Ca3 (PO4)2 and CaHPO4 on solid agar media. The solubilization of an Algerian rock phosphate (ARP) carried out on liquid media (National Botanical Research Institute) and the higher concentrations of phosphate released by isolates LnPF46 and LnPF32 are respectively 150.22 and 206.98 mg/L. The test of the tolerance to heavy metals show that isolates LnPF44, LnPG1 and LnPG2 are resistant to high concentrations of iron, zinc, mercury, lead and copper.