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Characterization of frankial strains isolated from Hippophae salicifolia D. Don, based on physiological, SDS–PAGE of whole cell proteins and RAPD PCR analyses

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Different Frankia strains (HsIi2, HsIi4, HsIi5, HsIi8, HsIi9, HsIi10, HsIi11, HsIi12, HsIi13, HsIi14) nodulating Hippophae salicifolia D. Don, were characterized on the basis of physiological, biochemical and molecular attributes. Results suggest that the physiological approaches i.e., nitrogenase activity, glutamine synthetase (GS) activity and ammonia excretion are strain specific. The highest rate of nitrogen fixation and maximum production of ammonia with low GS makes the strain HsIi11, a suitable biofertilizer as compared to other strains. Analysis of total protein pattern (SDS–PAGE) revealed that the most closely related strains HsIi10 and HsIi4 were found to be most distantly related to the most similar strains HsIi14, HsIi5, HsIi13, HsIi11 and HsIi12. RAPD PCR analyses with an arbitrary primer 1253 produced distinct, unique and specific DNA fingerprints for each of the Frankia strain and 100% polymorphism was observed which uncovers the genetic diversity. These approaches might be helpful in rapid identification, in designing the marker for the specific strains as well as in improving nitrogen fixation in agroforestry.

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This work was supported by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (BT/PR9145/AGR/21/233). We are also thankful to DST and CSIR, New Delhi for their financial assistance. The authors are grateful to Dr. S.C. Tiwari and Dr. Hridip Kumar Sarma for their valuable suggestions. The Head, Department of Botany, BHU, Varanasi, India is gratefully acknowledged for providing laboratory facilities. Department of Forest, Sikkim is also gratefully acknowledged for their help and support.

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    Satya Shila Singh, Anju Singh, Amrita Srivastava, Prashant Singh, Anumeha Singh & Arun Kumar Mishra

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Singh, S.S., Singh, A., Srivastava, A. et al. Characterization of frankial strains isolated from Hippophae salicifolia D. Don, based on physiological, SDS–PAGE of whole cell proteins and RAPD PCR analyses. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 26, 985–992 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-009-0260-7

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