Effect of Heavy-Metal-Resistant PGPR Inoculants on Growth, Rhizosphere Microbiome and Remediation Potential of Miscanthus × giganteus in Zinc-Contaminated Soil
Muratova A. Golubev S. Romanova V. Sungurtseva I. Nurzhanova A.
June 2023MDPI
Microorganisms
2023#11Issue 6
Microbial-assisted phytoremediation is considered a more effective approach to soil rehabilitation than the sole use of plants. Mycolicibacterium sp. Pb113 and Chitinophaga sp. Zn19, heavy-metal-resistant PGPR strains originally isolated from the rhizosphere of Miscanthus × giganteus, were used as inoculants of the host plant grown in control and zinc-contaminated (1650 mg/kg) soil in a 4-month pot experiment. The diversity and taxonomic structure of the rhizosphere microbiomes, assessed with metagenomic analysis of rhizosphere samples for the 16S rRNA gene, were studied. Principal coordinate analysis showed differences in the formation of the microbiomes, which was affected by zinc rather than by the inoculants. Bacterial taxa affected by zinc and the inoculants, and the taxa potentially involved in the promotion of plant growth as well as in assisted phytoremediation, were identified. Both inoculants promoted miscanthus growth, but only Chitinophaga sp. Zn19 contributed to significant Zn accumulation in the aboveground part of the plant. In this study, the positive effect of miscanthus inoculation with Mycolicibacterium spp. and Chitinophaga spp. was demonstrated for the first time. On the basis of our data, the bacterial strains studied may be recommended to improve the efficiency of M. × giganteus phytoremediation of zinc-contaminated soil.
bacterial diversity , Chitinophagasp , Miscanthus × giganteus , Mycolicibacteriumsp , PGPR , phytoremediation , rhizosphere microbial communities , zinc
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Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Saratov Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBPPM RAS), Saratov, 410049, Russian Federation
Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, 420021, Russian Federation
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms
Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology
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