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Actinomycetes are filamentous Gram-positive spore-forming largest dominant microbial population present in the soil. They are free-living rhizosphere colonizing bacteria and producers of bioactive metabolites which helps in improving the fertility of the soil, promote plant growth and development, provide biocontrol action against phytopathogens, and have the ability to withstand various environmental stress. Entophytic Actinobacteria are characterized as those that are contained within the internal structure of plants, making no obvious changes to their hosts. Entophytic actinobacteria consitute a huge part of the rhizosphere. The symbiotic association of Actinomycetes as endophytes have gained more importance because they are considered to be reservoir for potential novel bioactive compounds which finds in important applications in pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors. A notable significant feature of actinobacteria is its ability not to contaminate the environment, take active participation in pesticide degradation, phosphate solubilization, siderophores production, and nitrogen fixation. Microbial resource possesses a wide variety of plant growth potential thereby benefiting green and sustainable agriculture.

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Nagendran, S., Agrawal, S.S., Patwardhan, A.G. (2021). Eco-friendly Association of Plants and Actinomycetes. In: Shrivastava, N., Mahajan, S., Varma, A. (eds) Symbiotic Soil Microorganisms. Soil Biology, vol 60. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51916-2_6

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