Research Article

Synthesis of Chitosan Microparticles Encapsulating Bacterial Cell-Free Supernatants and Indole Acetic Acid, and Their Effects on Germination and Seedling Growth in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Table 1

Indole acetic acid producing bacterial strains used in the study.

NumberCode of strainsSource of bacterial isolateSpeciesCollectionIdentification method (%)
API20NEMolecular (16S gene)

12S3BARhizosphere of tomato plantStenotrophomonas maltophiliaFCB-BUAP73.4
21S4AARhizosphere of tomato plantChryseobacterium indologenesFCB-BUAP86.2
32S1ARhizosphere of tomato plantSphingomonas paucimobilisFCB-BUAP98.7
42S1CRhizosphere of tomato plantChromobacterium violaceumFCB-BUAP93.3
5TH3ATomato plant leafBurkholderia cepaciaFCB-BUAP97.7
62H2BTomato plant leafBrevundimonas vesicularisFCB-BUAP99.3
7S17CIBA soilEwingella americanaCIBA-IPN99.9
8MT11PSRhizosphere of potato plantLeclercia adecarboxylataCIBA-IPN99.7
9PT53TRhizosphere of potato plantStenotrophomonas maltophiliaCIBA-IPN99.6

FCB-BUAP: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas-Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. CIBA-IPN: Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.