Overview of methylotrophic microorganisms in agriculture Srivastava Avaneesh1, Dixit Rekha2,*, Chand Nikhil3, Kumar Pankaj4 1College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, E-mail: avaneesh2812@gmail.com 2College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, dixrekha@gmail.com 3College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, nikhilchand6@gmail.com 4College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, panks.svpuat@gmail.com *Corresponding Author: Dr. Rekha Dixit, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250110, India, E-mail: dixrekha@gmail.com
Online published on 7 July, 2022. Abstract Methylotrophs are bacteria that can utilize single carbon compounds as their sole carbon source. These methylotrophic bacteria are present in the phyllosphere as well as in the rhizosphere. These bacterial populations promote plant growth by solubilizing phosphate, nitrogen fixation, acting as biocontrol agents, biosynthesis of phytohormones, and the production of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase and they also alleviate negative effects of salinity and are also involved in phytostimulation. Top Keywords Methylotrophs 1 -aminocyclopropane-1 -carboxylate, Nitrogen Fixation, Phytostimulation, Biocontrol. Top |