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Table 2 Important PSM, their ecological niches and organic acids produced

From: Phosphate solubilizing microbes: sustainable approach for managing phosphorus deficiency in agricultural soils

Organism

Ecological niche

Predominant acids produced

Reference

PSB

Soil and phosphate bearing rocks

ND(not determined)

Pikovskaya 1948

PSB

Bulk and rhizospheric soil

ND(not determined)

Gerretson 1948

Escherichia freundii

Soil

Lactic

Sperber 1958a, b

Aspergillus niger, Penicillium sp.

Soil

Citric, glycolic, succinic, gluconic, oxalic, lactic

Sperber 1958a, b

Bacillus megaterium, Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus subtilus

Rhizospheric soil

Lactic, malic

Taha et al. 1969

Arthrobacter sp., Bascillus sp., Bacillus firmus B-7650

Wheat and cowpea rhizosphere

Lactic, citric

Bajpai and Sundara Rao 1971

Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Chaetomiumnigricolor

Lateritic soil

Oxalic, Succinic, Citric, 2-ketogluconic

Banik and Dey 1983

A. japonicus, A. foetidus

Indian Rock phosphate

Oxalic, citric, gluconic succinic, tartaric acid

Singal et al. 1994

P. radicum

rhizosphere of wheat roots,

Gluconic

Whitelaw et al. 1999

Enterobacteragglomerans

Wheat rhizosphere

Oxalic, citric

Kim et al. 1997

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. licheniformis, B. atrophaeus, Penibacillus macerans, Vibrio proteolyticus, xanthobacter agilis, Enterobacter aerogenes, E. taylorae, E. asburiae, Kluyvera cryocrescens, Pseudomonas aerogenes, Chryseomonas Luteola

Mangrove ecosystem

Lactic, itaconic, isovaleric, isobutyric, acetic

Vazquez et al. 2000

Penicillium rugulosum

Venezuelan phosphate rocks

Citric, gluconic acid

Reyes et al. 2001

Enterobacter intermedium

Grass rhizosphere

2-ketogluconic

Hwangbo et al. 2003

Aspergillus flavus, A . niger, Penicilliumcanescens

stored wheat grains

Oxalic, citric, gluconic succinic

Maliha et al. 2004

P.fluorescens

Root fragments and rhizosphere of oil palm trees

Citric, malic, tartaric, gluconic

Fankem et al. 2006

Aspergillus niger

Tropical and subtropical soil

Gluconic, oxalic

Chuang et al. 2007

P.trivialis

rhizosphere of Hippophaer hamnoides growing in the cold deserts of Lahaul and Spiti in the trans-Himalayas

Lactic, formic

Vyas and Gulati 2009

B.pumilus var.2;B.subtilisvar.2;Actinomadura oligospora; Citrobacter sp.

Giant Cardon cactus (P.pringlei) growing in ancient lava

Gluconic, Propionic, Isovaleric, Heptonic, Caproic, Isocaproic, Formic, Valeric, Succinic, Oxalic, Oxalacetic, Malonic.

Puente et al. 2004a

B.pumilus CHOO8A; B.fusiformis

Cholla cactus(Opuntia Cholla)

 

Puente et al. 2004a

Bacillus sp. SENDO 6 and

Giant Cardon cactus (P.pringlei)

Gluconic, Propionic, Isovaleric, Formic, Succinic, Lactic.

Puente et al. 2009a, b

Pseudomonas putida M5TSA, Enterobacter sakazakii M2PFe, and Bacillus megaterium M1PCa

Wild cactus Mammillaria fraileana

 

Lopez et al. 2011