Division of Microbiology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi -110012, India
* Present address: Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (RS) Kayangulam, Krishnapuram-690533, India.
Online published on 29 October, 2012.
In the present study bacteria belonging to genera Bacillus, Enterobacter and Pseudomonas (both fluorescent and non-fluorescent) as the dominant bacterial classes in the rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endorhizosphere of healthy field grown mungbean-p!ants comprising about 90% of the total population is reported. Klebsiella and Proteus were also present in low numbers (1. 7 and 3.3% respectively).
