BENEFICIAL

MICROBES IN
AGRO-ECOLOGY
BACTERIA AND FUNGI

Edited by

N. AMARESAN
C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University,
Bardoli, Surat, Gujarat, India

M. SENTHIL KUMAR
ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India

K. ANNAPURNA
Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi, India

KRISHNA KUMAR
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay College of Horticulture & Forestry,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central
Agricultural University,Tirhut College Campus,
Dholi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

A. SANKARANARAYANAN
C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University,
Bardoli, Surat, Gujarat, India
 Preface
The continuous use of chemicals above
the prescribed limits poses a negative impact
on soil, environment, and human health.
The indiscriminate use of fertilizers and
pesticides not only destroy the beneficial
microbes in soil, they also disturb the
agroecology. The deterioration of soil pro-
ductivity leads to the impairment of benefi-
cial microbial diversity and may threaten
ecosystem function and environmental
quality. The use of conventional, ecofriendly
agricultural practices is vital for sustainable
agricultural development and food security.
Beneficial Microbes in Agroecology: Bacteria
and Fungi, describes almost all agriculturally
important and beneficial bacteria and fungi
used in agricultural production technologies.
This book covers a wide range of bacteria
and fungi on biocontrol, bioremediation, and
plant growthepromoting technologies.
Section I describes the beneficial bacteria
used in agroecology. This section addresses
26 different bacterial genera and their roles
in sustainability, various mechanisms, and
beneficial natural processes that enhance soil
fertility and plant growth. Section II repre-
sents 18 different fungal genera used in
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agriculture for the management of plant
diseases, plant growth promotion, and so
forth. Collectively, this book covers a total of
44 bacteria and fungi in single book. In
addition, this book will help researchers plan
and explore soil microflora for sustainable
agricultural production technologies. This
book presents the role of microbial genera in
agricultural practices and provides recent
taxonomical examples for the identification
of respective genera.
Beneficial Microbes in Agroecology: Bacteria
and Fungi will benefit postgraduate
students, research scholars, postdoctoral
fellows, and teachers in plant microbiology,
pathology, entomology, and nematology.
The readers will find different microbial
genera used in agroecology. We, the editors,
welcome healthy criticism and comments
from readers.
N. Amaresan
M. Senthil Kumar
K. Annapurna
Krishna Kumar
A. Sankaranarayanan
 Contributors
Shrutica Abrol Division of Plant Biotechnology,
ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research
(ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
N. Amaresan C.G. Bhakta Institute of Bio-
technology, Uka Tarsadia University, Surat,
Gujarat, India
Dhruti Amin C. G. Bhakta Institute of Bio-
technology, Uka Tarsadia University, Maliba
Campus, Surat, Gujarat, India
R. Anandham Department of Agricultural
Microbiology, TamilNadu Agricultural Uni-
versity, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Harika Annapragada Division of Basic Sciences,
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Juliana Soler Arango YPF Tecnología (Y-TEC)
Laboratorio de Biocorrosión, La Plata, Argentina
Thalita Suelen Avelar Monteiro Departamento
de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de
Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Beatriz E. Baca Centro de Investigaciones en
Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita Uni-
versidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Uni-
versitaria, Puebla Pue, México
Huarlen Marcio Balbino Departamento de
Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa,
Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Claudia Guerrero Barajas Departamento de
Bioprocesos, Unidad Profesional Interdiscip-
linaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Soma Barman Soil and Agro-Bioengineering
Laboratory, Department of Environmental
Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
Judá Ben-Hur de Oliveira Departamento de
Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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Pamela Romina Bernabeu Centro de Inves-
tigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones
Industriales (CINDEFI), UNLP, CCT La Plata
CONICET, Departamento de Química, Facul-
tad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional
de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Satya Sundar Bhattacharya Soil and Agro-Bio-
engineering Laboratory, Department of Envi-
ronmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur,
Assam, India
Saskia Bindschedler Laboratory of Micro-
biology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel,
Switzerland
Hemant P. Borase C. G. Bhakta Institute of
Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Surat,
Gujarat, India
Rainer Borriss Institut für Biologie, Humboldt
Universität, Berlin, Germany; Institute of
Marine Biotechnology (IMaB), Greifswald,
Germany
Francesca Brescia Department of Sustainable
Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Research
and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund
Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy; Agricul-
tural Science and Biotechnology, Department of
Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal
Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Marcela Candido Camara Bioprocess Engi-
neering and Biotechnology Department,
Federal University of Paraná-UFPR, Curitiba,
PR, Brazil
Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas Campos dos
Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Victoria Casajus Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal
(INFIVE), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y
Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
La Plata, Argentina
xiv CONTRIBUTORS
Paula Castro Universidade Católica Portuguesa,
CBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina,
Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de
Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal
Hillol Chakdar ICAR-National Bureau of
Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
(ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Narayan Chandra Mandal Mycology and Plant
Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Sohini Chatterjee Mycology and Plant Pathol-
ogy Laboratory, Department of Botany,
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
M. Chaudhary Crop Production Division,
ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prassan Choudhary ICAR-National Bureau of
Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
(ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ming Chu Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of
Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Ana Corrêa CE3C - Center for Ecology, Evolu-
tion and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de
Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa,
Portugal
Paula Roberta Costalonga Pereira Departamento
de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Juan Antonio Cruz-Maya Unidad Profesional
Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías
Avanzadas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional,
Mexico City, Mexico
WenFang Dang Institute of Microbiology,
Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Labora-
tory of Special Enviromental Microbiology,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of
Agriculture Environment in Northwest Oasis
of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Surendra K. Dara University of California
Cooperative Extension, Division of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, San Luis Obispo, CA,
United States
Krishnasis Das Division of Basic Sciences,
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Deepesh ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research
Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Hemen Deka Department of Botany, Gauhati
University, Guwahati, Assam, India
D. Dhanasekaran Department of Microbiology,
School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan
University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Mitesh Dwivedi C. G. Bhakta Institute of Bio-
technology, Faculty of Science, Uka Tarsadia
University, Surat, Gujarat, India
Jean Moisés Ferreira Laboratório de Biologia
Molecular e Expressão Gênica, Departamento
de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal
de Alagoas, Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil
Guilherme Grodzki Oliveira Figueiredo Depart-
ment of Plant Science and Crop Protection,
Federal University of Paraná-UFPR, Curitiba, PR,
Brazil
María P. Filippone Facultad de Agronomía
y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de
Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán,
Argentina
Cecilia Fontana INTA EEA Famaillá, Tucumán,
Argentina
María Lina Galar Centro de Investigación y
Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales
(CINDEFI), UNLP, CCT La Plata CONICET,
Departamento de Química, Facultad de Cien-
cias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
La Plata, Argentina
Yan Gao Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Spe-
cial Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xin-
jiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture
Environment in Northwest Oasis of Agri-
culture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Sabrina Soledad García Centro de Inves-
tigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones
Industriales (CINDEFI), UNLP, CCT La Plata
CONICET, Departamento de Química, Facul-
tad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional
de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
 CONTRIBUTORS
Ranjan Ghosh Department of Botany, Bankura
Sammilani College, Kenduadihi, Bankura, West
Bengal, India
Surendra K. Gond Department of Botany,
MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh, India
S. Gopalakrishnan International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Pralay Shankar Gorai Mycology and Plant
Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Angélica Souza Gouveia Departamento de
Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade
Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Leandro Grassi de Freitas Departamento de
Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa,
Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Isha Hashmi Laboratory of Microbiology, Uni-
versity of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Shabiha Nudrat Hazarika Microbial
Biotechnology Laboratory, Life Sciences
Division, Institute of Advanced Study in
Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam,
India; Department of Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology, Cotton University, Guwahati,
Assam, India
Richard A. Humber Previously United States
Department of Food and Agriculture-Agricul-
tural Research Service, Ithaca, NY, United
States
XiangDong Huo Institute of Microbiology,
Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory
of Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Anwar Hussain Department of Botany, Garden
Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,
Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Janet Jan-Roblero Departamento de Micro-
biología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Bio-
lógicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
City, Mexico
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Hardik Naik Jinal C.G. Bhakta Institute of Bio-
technology, Uka Tarsadia University, Surat,
Gujarat, India
Pilar Junier Laboratory of Microbiology, Uni-
versity of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Nalini Katiyar Division of Basic Sciences,
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
T.R. Kavitha University of Agricutural Sciences,
GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ashraf Khalifa Department of Biological
Sciences, College of Sciences, King Faisal
University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; Botany
and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Sci-
ences, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
Sunil H. Koli School of Life Sciences, Kavayitri
Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra
University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
R. Krishnamoorthy Department of Crop Man-
agement, Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture,
Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India
Murugan Kumar ICAR-National Bureau of
Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
(ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ashok Kumar Department of Genetics and
Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Rajiv
Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu
University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
XueYan Li Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of
Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Chun Li School of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology,
Beijing, China
YuGuo Li Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of
Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
xvi CONTRIBUTORS
Valéria Rosa Lopes Department of Plant Science
and Crop Protection, Federal University of
Paraná-UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Kai Lou Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Spe-
cial Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xin-
jiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture
Environment in Northwest Oasis of Agri-
culture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
María Flavia Luna Centro de Investigación y
Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales
(CINDEFI), UNLP, CCT La Plata CONICET,
Departamento de Química, Facultad de Cien-
cias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
La Plata, Argentina; Comisión de Inves-
tigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos
Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Argentina
Paulo Victor Magalhães Pacheco Departamento
de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Lav-
ras, Lavras, MG, Brazil
G. Mahesh University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ICAR- Indian
Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, India
Narayan C. Mandal Mycology and Plant
Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
L. Manjunatha University of Agricultural Sci-
ences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ICAR-
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Tanu Mathur ICAR-Central Arid Zone
Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Filipe Pereira Matteoli Campos dos Goyta-
cazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ritu Mawar ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research
Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
M. Mishra Crop Production Division, ICAR-
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Bhavana V. Mohite Department of Micro-
biology, Bajaj College of Science, Wardha,
Maharashtra, India
Drielly Dayanne Monteiro dos Santos
Baliza Food Engineering, Biodiversity and
Biotechnology Graduate Program - BION-
ORTE, Universidade Federal do Tocantins,
Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
Juliana Fonseca Moreira da Silva Microbiol-
ogy, Medicine Course. Universidade Federal
do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
Túlio Morgan Programa de Pós-Graduação em
Bioinformática, Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Lizzy A. Mwamburi Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Uasin
Gishu, Kenya
G. Narasa Reddy University of Agricultural
Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
M. Narayanasamy Department of Micro-
biology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan
University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
XinXiang Niu Institute of Microbiology, Xin-
jiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory
of Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Fabio Lopes Olivares Campos dos Goytacazes,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Letícia Oliveira da Rocha Campos dos Goyta-
cazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
KuEr Outi Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Special
Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xinjiang,
China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Envi-
ronment in Northwest Oasis of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Neha Pandey Department of Biotechnology,
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central
University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
Tarun Kumar Patel Sant Guru Ghasidas
Government P.G. College, Kurud, Dhamtari,
India
 CONTRIBUTORS
Nafisa Patel Department of Microbiology,
Naran Lala College of Professional and
Applied Sciences, Bhagwati Sankul, Navsari,
Gujarat, India
Satish V. Patil School of Life Sciences, Kavayitri
Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra Uni-
versity, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India; North
Maharashtra Microbial Culture Collection
Centre (NMCC), Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaud-
hari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon,
Maharashtra, India
Chandrashekhar D. Patil PSL Université Paris:
EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Uni-
versité de Perpignan, Perpignan Cedex, France
Vikas S. Patil University Institute of Chemical
Technology, Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari
North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon,
Maharashtra, India
Rupshikha Patowary Institute of Advanced
Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati,
Assam, India
Surinder Paul ICAR-National Bureau of
Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
(ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Raúl O. Pedraza Facultad de Agronomía y
Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán,
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Ilaria Pertot Department of Sustainable Agro-
ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and
Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach,
San Michele all’Adige, Italy; Center Agri-
culture Food Environment, University of
Trento, Trento, Italy
Raphael Sanzio Pimenta Medicine course,
Microbiology, Research and Graduate Studies
of Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas,
Tocantins, Brazil
G. Prabhu Crop Production Division, ICAR-
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
M. Prasad Crop Production Division, ICAR-
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
S.L. Prasanna International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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R.U. Priya University of Agricutural Sciences,
GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
M. Priya University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ICAR- Indian
Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, India
Gerardo Puopolo Department of Sustainable
Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Research
and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund
Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
Ladhu Ram College of Horticulture and
Forestry, Jhalawad, Rajasthan, India
Alberto Ramírez-Mata Centro de Inves-
tigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Bene-
mérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla,
Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla Pue, México
Miguel Ramos Universidade Católica Portu-
guesa, CBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Quí-
mica Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola
Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal
B.M. Ravikumara University of Agricultural
Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Sanket Ray Department of Microbiology, Naran
Lala College of Professional and Applied
Sciences, Bhagwati Sankul, Navsari, Gujarat,
India
Narasa Reddy University of Agricultural
Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ICAR-
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Kim Maria Rodrigues Department of Botany,
Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa, India
Bernard Felinov Rodrigues Department of
Botany, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa,
India
Tales Romano Department of Plant Science and
Crop Protection, Federal University of Paraná-
UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Pratiti Roy Department of Genetics and Plant
Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Rajiv Gandhi
South Campus, Banaras Hindu University,
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sergio M. Salazar Facultad de Agronomía
y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de
Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán,
xviii CONTRIBUTORS
Argentina; INTA EEA Famaillá, Tucumán,
Argentina
A. Sankaranarayanan C.G. Bhakta Institute of
Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Surat,
Gujarat, India
Aqib Sayyed Key Laboratory of Plant Cell En-
gineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry
of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong
University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Mónica Sebastiana University of Lisboa, Faculty
of Sciences, BioISI - Biosystems & Integrative
Sciences Institute, Lisboa, Portugal
M. Senthilkumar Department of Agricultural
Microbiology, TamilNadu Agricultural
University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Senthilkumar Division of Basic Sciences,
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
YingWu Shi Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Special
Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xinjiang,
China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Envi-
ronment in Northwest Oasis of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Makoto Shoda Chemical Resources Laboratory,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Nalini Shrutika Division of Plant Bio-
technology, Indian Institute of Pulses Research,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Daniel Sierra-Cacho Centro de Investigaciones
en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita
Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad
Universitaria, Puebla Pue, México
Vanessa Silva dos Santos Departamento de
Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
R.U. Shailendra Singh University of Agri-
cultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India;
ICAR- Indian Institute of Pulses Research,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mahendra Vikram Singh Rajawat ICAR-
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important
Microorganisms (ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar
Pradesh, India
Luiz Eduardo Souza da Silva Irineu Campos
dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
V. Srinivas International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
R. Srinivasan Crop Production Division, ICAR-
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
R. Srivastava Crop Production Division, ICAR-
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
T.R. Sunitha University of Agricutural Sciences,
GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
N. Thajuddin Department of Microbiology,
School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan Univer-
sity, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Debajit Thakur Microbial Biotechnology Labo-
ratory, Life Sciences Division, Institute of
Advanced Study in Science and Technology,
Guwahati, Assam, India; Department of
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Cotton
University, Guwahati, Assam, India
Thiago Motta Venancio Campos dos Goyta-
cazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jean Carlos Vencioneck Dutra Departamento
de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal
do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Renu Verma Division of Basic Sciences, Indian
Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, India
Santiago Adolfo Vio Centro de Investigación y
Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales
(CINDEFI), UNLP, CCT La Plata CONICET,
Departamento de Química, Facultad de Cien-
cias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
La Plata, Argentina
Hongmei Yang Institute of Microbiology,
Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory
of Special Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agri-
culture Environment in Northwest Oasis of
Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Jun Zeng Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
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Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Spe- Tao Zhang Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang
cial Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xin- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi,
jiang, China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Xinjiang, China; Xinjiang Laboratory of Special
Environment in Northwest Oasis of Agri- Enviromental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xinjiang,
culture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China China; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Envi-
Mohammad Tarique Zeyad ICAR-National Bu- ronment in Northwest Oasis of Agriculture,
reau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
(ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
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