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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2015 , Volume 3, Issue 1
Page No. : 58-63
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Isolation and characterization of root nodule bacteria associated with Cassia alata of Southern parts of Assam, India
Kaberi Deb1*, Bibhas Deb1 and Piyush Pandey2
1Institutional Biotech Hub, Gurucharan College, Silchar, 788004, Assam
2Assam University, Microbiology Department, Silchar, 788011, Assam
ABSTRACT
Rhizobium plays an important role in agriculture by including nitrogen fixing nodules on the roots
of legume plants. The present study describes the characterization of Rhizobium strain isolated from
root nodules of Cassia alata. The rhizobium strains were rod, gram negative and acid producing in
nature. They utilized glucose and starch as sole carbon source and showed sensitivity against
different antibiotics such as chloramphenicol, kanamycin and streptomycin. The growth of the
isolates in glucose peptone agar medium confirmed the isolates to be Rhizobium.
Keywords: Rhizobium, Cassia alata, antibiotic sensitivity.
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Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 3 (1): 58-63 (2015)
