Microbial inoculants: Rhizobium and Plant Growth Promoters (PGPs)
María Camacho Martínez Vara del Rey (PI)
Principal Investigator
Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA), Centro Las Torres Alcalá del Río, Sevilla
Other group members
Research lines
- Elaboration and evaluation of microbial inoculants
- Selection and characterization of PGP bacteria
- Use of bacteria as biocontrol mecanism
- Use of plants as a tool for soil remediation (salt and heavy metals)
- Metagenomic studies on rhizospheric bacterial-populations biodiversity
Representative publications
- Camacho-Sánchez M, Barcia-Piedras JM, Redondo-Gómez S, Camacho M (2020) Mediterranean seasonality and the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum determine the bacterial community in salt marsh soils in Southwest Spain. Appl Soil Ecol 151: 103532 (doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103532).
- Acosta-Jurado S, Rodríguez-Navarro DN, Kawaharada Y, Rodríguez-Carvajal MA, Gil-Serrano A, Soria-Díaz ME, Pérez-Montaño F, Fernández-Perea J, Yanbo N, Jiménez-Guerrero I, Navarro-Gómez P, López-Baena FJ, Kelly S, Sandal N, Stougaard J, Ruiz-Sainz JE, Vinardell JM (2019) Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nolR and nodD2 mutants gain capacity for infection thread invasion of Lotus japonicus and Lotus burttii. Environ Microbiol 21: 1718-1739.
- Camacho M, Medina C, Rodríguez-Navarro DN, Temprano FJ (2019). Biodiversity of rhizobia present in plant nodules of Biserrula pelecinus across Southwest Spain. Syst Appl Microbiol 42: 415-421.
- Barcia-Piedras JM, Pérez-Romero JA, Mateos-Naranjo E, Camacho M, Redondo-Gómez S (2019) Effect of prior salt experience on desalination capacity of the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. Desalination 463: 50-54.
- Navarro-Torre S, Carro L., Rodríguez-Llorente I, Pajuelo E., Caviedes MA, Igual JM, Redondo-Gómez S, Camacho M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MC (2018) Kushneria phyllosphaerae nov. and Kushneria endophytica sp. nov., plant growth promoting endophytes isolated from the halophyte plant Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 68: 2800-2806.
- Temprano-Vera F, Rodríguez-Navarro DN, Acosta-Jurado S, Perret, Romain X, Fossou K, Navarro-Gómez P, Zhen T, Yu D, An Q, Buendia-Claveria AM, Moreno J, López-Baena FJ, Ruiz-Sainz JE,Vinardell JM (2018) Sinorhizobium fredii strains HH103 and NGR234 form nitrogen fixing nodules with diverse wild soybeans (Glycine soja) from Central China but are ineffective on Northern China accessions. Front Microbiol 9: 2843 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02843).
- Navarro-Torre S, Barcia-Piedras JM, Mateos-Naranjo E, Redondo-Gómez S, Camacho M, Caviedes MA, Pajuelo E, Rodríguez-Llorente I (2017) Assessing the role of endophytic bacteria in the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum salt tolerance. Plant Biol 19: 249-256.
- Camacho M, Redondo-Gómez S, Rodríguez-Llorente I, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MC (2017) Kocuria salina nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and emended description of Kocuria turfanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 67: 5006-5012.
Grants
- Rodríguez-Navarro DN (IP) (Participante 7) (2010-2022) Legumes in biodiversity-based farming systems in Mediterranean basin. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. PCI2020-112151.
- Camacho Martínez-Vara de Rey M (IP) (2020-2022) Acciones de demostración e información sobre la biodegradación de efluentes de agroquímicos generados en las prácticas agrícolas. Sectorial Program IFAPA-FEDER, (2014/2020). 002.
- de los Santos B (IP) (2019-2021) Manejo sostenible y mejora de calidad en los cultivos de frutos rojos. Sectorial Program IFAPA-FEDER, (2014/2020). AVA 2019.034.
- López Baena FJ, Medina Morillas C (IPs) (2019-2020) Búsqueda de dianas en leguminosas para los efectores secretados a través del sistema de secreción de tipo 3 simbiótico. Program FEDER-Andalusia. US-1259948.
- Cermeño P (IP) (2019-2021) Horticultura al aire libre. Sectorial Program IFAPA-FEDER, (2014/2020). 017.
Relevant methods
- Field and greenhouse plant trials: microbial performance
- Characterization of new bacterial isolates: phenotypic and genotypic properties
- Molecular tools: (qPCR, PCR)
- Massive sequencing (NGS)emical characterization of hemoglobins
Collaborations with other national and international research groups
- Federico Martinelli (Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy)
- Jens Stougaard (Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Aarhus University, Denmark)
- Juan Sanjuán (Plant-Bacteria Interactions Laboratory. Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada)
- José E. Ruiz-Sainz (Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla)
- Susana Redondo (Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla)
- Rosario Espuny (Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla)
- Ignacio Rodríguez-Llorente (Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla)
