Handbook for Azospirillum

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Toolbox

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Isolation, Identification and Biochemical Characterization of Azospirillum spp. and Other Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria

      • Veronica Massena Reis, Vera Lucia Divan Baldani, José Ivo Baldani

      Pages 3-26

   3. Molecular Tools for Identification and Characterization of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria with Emphasis in Azospirillum spp.

      • Chiu-Chung Young, Shih-Yao Lin, Fo-Ting Shen, Wei-An Lai

      Pages 27-44

   4. In Situ Localization and Strain-Specific Quantification of Azospirillum and Other Diazotrophic Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Using Antibodies and Molecular Probes

      • Anton Hartmann, Euan K. James, Frans J. deBruijn, Stefan Schwab, Michael Rothballer, Michael Schmid

      Pages 45-64

   5. Molecular Tools to Study Azospirillum sp. and Other Related Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria

      • Lily Pereg, Mary McMillan

      Pages 65-82

   6. Genomic Tools for the Study of Azospirillum and Other Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

      • Víctor González, Luis Lozano, Patricia Bustos, Rosa I. Santamaría

      Pages 83-97

3. Physiology and Metabolism Toolbox

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Chemotaxis in Azospirillum

      • Gladys Alexandre

      Pages 101-114

   3. Phytohormones and Other Plant Growth Regulators Produced by PGPR: The Genus Azospirillum

      • Paula Castillo, Romina Molina, Andrea Andrade, Ana Vigliocco, Sergio Alemano, Fabricio Dario Cassán

      Pages 115-138

   4. Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism in Azospirillum spp.

      • Emanuel Maltempi de Souza, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa

      Pages 139-153

   5. Nitric Oxide in Azospirillum and Related Bacteria: Production and Effects

      • Melina Amenta, Celeste Molina-Favero, Cecilia M. Creus, Lorenzo Lamattina

      Pages 155-180

   6. Azospirillum Cell Aggregation, Attachment, and Plant Interaction

      • Lily Pereg

      Pages 181-197

   7. Methods for Studying Biofilms in Azospirillum and Other PGPRs

      • Florencia Salcedo, Cintia M. Pereyra, Andrés Arruebarrena Di Palma, Lorenzo Lamattina, Cecilia M. Creus

      Pages 199-229

   8. Methods for Studying Phenotypic Variation in Azospirillum

      • Gal Reem, Saul Burdman, Yaacov Okon

      Pages 231-239

   9. Polyhydroxybutyrate in Azospirillum brasilense

      • Marcelo Müller-Santos, Emanuel Maltempi de Souza, Fabio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Leda Satie Chubatsu

      Pages 241-250

   10. Siderophores Production by Azospirillum: Biological Importance, Assessing Methods and Biocontrol Activity

       • Raúl O. Pedraza

       Pages 251-262

   11. Cell–Cell Communication in Azospirillum and Related PGPR

       • Florence Wisniewski-Dyé, Ludovic Vial

       Pages 263-285

   12. Methods to Study 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase in Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria

       • Clarisse Brígido, Jin Duan, Bernard R. Glick

       Pages 287-305

   13. Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in PGPR

       • Maricel Santoro, Lorena Cappellari, Walter Giordano, Erika Banchio

       Pages 307-317

The functional analysis of plant-microbe interactions has re-emerged in the past 10 years due to spectacular advances in integrative study models. This book summarizes basic and technical information related to the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) belonging to the genus Azospirillum, considered to be one of the most representative PGPR last 40 years. We include exhaustive information about the general microbiology of genus Azospirillum, their identification strategies; the evaluation of plant growth promoting mechanisms, inoculants technology and agronomic use of these bacteria and some special references to the genetic technology and use.

• Inoculants and Azospirillum
• Inoculants and Rhizobacteria
• PGPR and Azospirillum
• Phytohormones and Azospirillum
• Plant growth promotion and Azospirillum

• Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal y de la Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Argentina

  Fabricio Dario Cassán

• Faculty of Agricultue Food and Environme, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  Yaacov Okon

• Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Balcarce, Argentina

  Cecilia M. Creus

Dr. Fabricio Cassan, Author Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto Laboratorio de Fisiologia Vegetal y de la interacción Planta-microorganismo Ruta 36. Km 601 Rio Cuarto Cordoba, Argentina Cecilia M. Creus, Co-author Professor Adjunto Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Universidad Nacional de Mar del Prata, INTA Balcarce.

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