Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회지)

The Korean Society of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회)
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Polymorphism in Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance of Azospirillum Isolates from Ornamental Plants

  • Gadagi, Ravi (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • U., Krishnaraj P. (Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Science) ;
  • H., Kulkarni J. (Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Ahn, Ki-Sup (Department of Environment System, College of Cheonan Foreign Studies) ;
  • Sa, Tong-Min (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2001.12.30
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Abstract

The polymorphism of Azospirillum isolates from ornamental rhizosphere and two reference strains were examined with respect to intrinsic antibiotic resistance (IAR) profile. All the isolates showed different intrinsic resistances to different antibiotics viz., tetracycline, kanamycin, nalidixic acid, streptomycin, ampicillin, spectinomycin and chloramphenicol. All the strains demonstrated susceptibility to high concentration of all antibiotics used in the present experiment. In addition to these general patterns, we also obseved the multiple antibiotic resistances of Azospirillum strains. The Azospirillum sp. OAD-11 was resistant to tetracycline, streptomycin and ampicillin, and Azospirillum sp. OAD-57 was resistant to tetracycline and streptomycin. Conversely, Azospirillum sp. OAD-9 possessed the dual susceptibility to tetracycline and spectinomycin, whereas Azospirillum sp. OAD-37 was dual susceptible to streptomycin and kanamycin. Such multiple antibiotic resistant/susceptible traits could be useful for the identification of the strains in field experiments or in molecular genetic transfer experiments.

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