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Regarding direct plant growth promotion, the ability of Azospirillum brasilense to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is now intensively studied. IAA biosynthesis in A. brasilense proved to be surprisingly complex, since at least three biosynthetic pathways are present (Prinsen et al, 1993). For one biosynthesis pathway, we have cloned and sequenced the A. brasilense ipdC gene, encoding the indole-3-pyruvic acid decarboxylase (Costacurta et al, 1994).
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Lambrecht, M., Vande Broek, A., Dosselaere, F., Desair, J., Vanderleyden, J. (1998). Evidence for a Physiological Role of IAA in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245. In: Elmerich, C., Kondorosi, A., Newton, W.E. (eds) Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5159-7_230
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