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This research work was oriented to outlining the diversity of Gram-negative culturable portion of the bacterial community in three fruit plants rhizosphere. Rhizosphere samples were taken from European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill), true service tree (Sorbus domestica L.) and cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) plants. Experiments were conducted for three years during the vegetation period, and the bacterial community structure was assessed with cultivation-dependent approach. Many Gram-negative isolates (n = 251) from the rhizosphere survived sub culturing and were identified by biochemical tests. A total of 57 species belonging to 29 genera were identified and assigned to four broad taxonomic groups (Bacteroidetes, Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-proteobacteria). Several specific bacterial cluster communities were identified inside all the three rhizospheres. Most of the species belonged to the genera Moraxella, Pseudomonas, Pantoea, Enterobacter and Acinetobacter. In addition, while, using the plate count analysis, large discrepancies in numbers among physiological groups of bacteria cultured from three rhizosphere samples have not been revealed, more expressive distinctions among bacterial populations were obtained concerning the relative abundance of different genera, different taxonomic groups as well as different diversity indices. Furthermore, the number of cultured bacteria and their taxonomic distribution in the rhizosphere of all three plants changed not only explicitly during vegetation period but continually during the three years of investigation. It seems that rhizosphere bacterial populations of each plant are under the influence of the specific root-released materials.
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Harichová, J., Karelová, E., Chovanová, K. et al. Comparison of culturable Gram-negative bacterial community structures in the rhizosphere of three fruit plants. Biologia 61, 663–670 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-006-0138-1
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