Rock phosphate-solubilising potential of fungal and bacterial isolates from soils surrounding panda Hill and Minjingu phosphate rock deposits in Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorSimfukwe, Ester Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorTindwa, Hamisi Juma
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-10T12:30:34Z
dc.date.available2023-07-10T12:30:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractA study on isolation and characterization of phosphate rock-solubilising microorganisms from Minjingu and Panda Hill deposits was undertaken in order to examine their potential for use as future inoculants. Following initial screening, 22 fungi and 39 bacteria from Tanzania's Minjingu and Panda Hill phosphate rock deposits were assessed for their ability to solubilise water-insoluble phosphate rocks. Five best bacterial and fungal isolates in terms of total soluble P released were selected for molecular identification using 16S and 5.8S rDNA sequencing for bacterial and fungal isolates, respectively. Overall, fungal isolates exhibited the highest solubilising abilities, registering up to 80.39 mg kg−1 of phosphate rock compared to their bacterial counterparts with best performer solubilizing only 27.45 mg kg−1 of phosphate rock. While fungal isolates from both Minjingu and Panda Hill were generally more efficient at solubilising samples from the less complex guano deposit of Minjingu (HMPR), the bacterial isolates showed significant (P ≤ 0.05) variations with isolates from Panda Hill showing a far better ability at solubilising their more familiar source of P, the igneous PandaHill phosphate rock (PPR) samples. Aspergillus stelifer and A. tamarii were the most efficient fungal isolates freeing 20.97– 77.49 and 12.74–80.39 mg of soluble P kg−1 from PPR and HMPR, respectively. Similarly, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was the best bacterial isolate releasing up to 27.45 and 24.75 mg of soluble P kg−1 from PPR and HMPR, respectively. The potential exhibited by microorganisms characterized in this study warrants further enquiry for their application in the field.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0564-3295
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5352
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Society for Tropical Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectMinjingu phosphate rocken_US
dc.subjectPanda Hillen_US
dc.subjectP inoculantsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectPhosphate solubilising microorganismsen_US
dc.titleRock phosphate-solubilising potential of fungal and bacterial isolates from soils surrounding panda Hill and Minjingu phosphate rock deposits in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlwww.tropecol.comen_US

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