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Biofertilizer microorganisms accompanying pathogenic attributes: a potential threat

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Application of biofertilizers containing living or dormant plant growth promoting bacterial cells is considered to be an ecofriendly alternative of chemical fertilizers for improved crop production. Biofertilizers opened myriad doors towards sustainable agriculture as they effectively reduce heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by keeping soils profuse in micro and macronutrients, regulating plant hormones and restraining infections caused by the pests present in soil without inflicting environmental damage. Generally, pathogenicity and biosafety testing of potential plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) are not performed, and the bacteria are reported to be beneficial solely on testing plant growth promoting characteristics. Unfortunately, some rhizosphere and endophytic PGPB are reported to be involved in various diseases. Such PGPB can also spread virulence and multidrug resistance genes carried by them through horizontal gene transfer to other bacteria in the environment. Therefore, deployment of such microbial populations in open fields could lead to disastrous side effects on human health and environment. Careless declaration of bacteria as PGPB is more pronounced in research publications. Here, we present a comprehensive report of declared PGPB which are reported to be pathogenic in other studies. This review also suggests the employment of some additional safety assessment protocols before reporting a bacteria as beneficial and product development.

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  1. Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Mohsin Tariq, Farwah Jameel, Muhammad Abdullah & Kamran Rashid

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Usman Ijaz

  3. National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Farwah Jameel

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Tariq, M., Jameel, F., Ijaz, U. et al. Biofertilizer microorganisms accompanying pathogenic attributes: a potential threat. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 28, 77–90 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-022-01138-y

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