Bacillus thuringiensis beyond insect biocontrol: Plant growth promotion and biosafety of polyvalent strains

Noura Raddadi; Ameur Cherif; Hadda Ouzari; Massimo Marzorati; Lorenzo Brusetti; Abdellatif Boudabous; Daniele Daffonchio

doi:10.1007/BF03175344

Bacillus thuringiensis beyond insect biocontrol: Plant growth promotion and biosafety of polyvalent strains

Noura Raddadi, Ameur Cherif, Hadda Ouzari, Massimo Marzorati, Lorenzo Brusetti, Abdellatif Boudabous, Daniele Daffonchio^*

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Abstract

The entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used for the control of many agricultural insect pests and vectors of human diseases. Several studies reported also on its antibacterial and antifungal activities. However, to our knowledge there were no studies dealing with its capacity to act as a plant growth promoting bacterium. This review surveys the potential of B. thuringiensis as a polyvalent biocontrol agent, a biostimulator and biofertiliser bacterium that could promote the plant growth. Also, discussed is the safety of B. thuringiensis as a bacterium phylogenetically closely related to Bacillus cereus the opportunistic human pathogen and Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	481-494
Number of pages	14
Journal	Annals of Microbiology
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03175344
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis
Biocontrol
Biofertilisation
Biostimulation
PGPR
Safety

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