Bio Science Research Bulletin
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 1

Overview of methylotrophic microorganisms in agriculture

1College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, E-mail: avaneesh2812@gmail.com

2College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, dixrekha@gmail.com

3College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, nikhilchand6@gmail.com

4College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, panks.svpuat@gmail.com

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Rekha Dixit, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, E-mail: dixrekha@gmail.com

Online published on 7 July, 2022.

Abstract

Methylotrophs are bacteria that can utilize single carbon compounds as their sole carbon source. These methylotrophic bacteria are present in the phyllosphere as well as in the rhizosphere. These bacterial populations promote plant growth by solubilizing phosphate, nitrogen fixation, acting as biocontrol agents, biosynthesis of phytohormones, and the production of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase and they also alleviate negative effects of salinity and are also involved in phytostimulation.

Keywords

Methylotrophs 1 -aminocyclopropane-1 -carboxylate, Nitrogen Fixation, Phytostimulation, Biocontrol