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SUBMITTER: Kejela T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5116145 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC microbiology 20161118 1
<h4>Background</h4>Colletotrichum and Fusarium species are among pathogenic fungi widely affecting Coffea arabica L., resulting in major yield loss. In the present study, we aimed to isolate bacteria from root rhizosphere of the same plant that is capable of antagonizing Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Fusarium oxysporum as well as promotes plant growth.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 42 Bacillus species were isolated, one of the isolates named BT42 showed maximum radial mycelial growth inhibition ...[more]