The Rhizosphere and its Impact on the Distribution of Soil Bacteria

• A.A. Azzouz

  Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Omar Almukhtar University

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• A.M. Endar

  Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya

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• A. I. El- Tarhuni El- Tarhuni

  Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya

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The gram-negative species of soil bacteria outnumbered the remaining bacterial population in the rhizosphere. Soils surrounding this region showed dominance of gram-positive cocci, endo- spore forming rods and thread-like spe- cies of the Actinomycetes. Plant type and its stage of maturity does not effect the above general distribution, except the sense of altering species make-up. in Non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacte- ria of the genus Azotobacter prevail in the rhizosphere of the four tested crops, particularly in the early stages of plant development (seedling-stage). The changes in the trend of the cal- culated ratio of gram-negative bacteria in the rhizosphere to that of the sur- rounding soil can not be generalized to all species. Results obtained with Azot- obacter population showed different picture.

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