Isolation, identification, and characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria, Paenibacillus sp., from the soil of Danum Valley Tropical Rainforest, Sabah, Malaysia

While phosphorus (P) is a vital element for the plant to grow, only 0.1% of the phosphate soil is directly to be uptake by plants. Consequently, P fertilizer, which is mostly taken from unrenewable resources of phosphate rock, is practically added into the croplands. Nevertheless, as the demand for this fertilizer kept increasing, the availability of resources and environmental issues are currently raising wide concerns. Alternatively, soil phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) is promising to be further developed as a biofertilizer to increase the availability of P elements for plants. This s... Mehr ...