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Soil fungal isolates produce different organic acid patterns involved in phosphate salts solubilization

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Phosphorus availability is a major limiting factor for yield of most crop species. The objective of this study was to compare the solubilization of three sources of phosphorus (P) by different fungal isolates and to determine the possible mechanisms involved in the process. Talaromyces flavus (S73), T. flavus var flavus (TM), Talaromyces helicus (L7b) and T. helicus (N24), Penicillium janthinellum (PJ), and Penicillium purpurogenum (POP), fungal strains isolated from the rhizosphere of crops, are known to be biocontrol agents against pathogenic fungi. The P solubilization efficiency of these fungal strains in liquid media supplemented either with tricalcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2; PC), aluminum phosphate (AlPO4; AP), or phosphorite (PP) depended on the source of P and the fungal species. The type and concentration of organic acids produced by each species varied according to the source of available P. In the medium supplemented with PC, the highest proportion was that of gluconic acid, whereas in the media supplemented with the other P sources, the highest proportion was that of citric and valeric acids. This suggests that the release of these organic compounds in the rhizosphere by these microorganisms may be important in the solubilization of various inorganic P compounds. Results also support the hypothesis that the simultaneous production of different organic acids by fungi may enhance their potential for solubilizing insoluble phosphate.

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We thank Dr. Larry Petersen for the critical review of this manuscript. This work was supported by the following institutions: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológicas (ANCYPT), and Red BIOFAG CYTED.

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  1. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, 4P Ciudad Universitaria, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jose Martin Scervino, Ivana Della Mónica, Marina Recchi & Alicia Godeas

  2. Depto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

    Milton Prieto Mesa & Nubia Sarmiento Moreno

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Scervino, J.M., Mesa, M.P., Della Mónica, I. et al. Soil fungal isolates produce different organic acid patterns involved in phosphate salts solubilization. Biol Fertil Soils 46, 755–763 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-010-0482-8

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