Myxobacterial diversity of Indian soils – How many species do we have?

Myxobacteria of tropical soils is an under-explored bacterial group. We report here the results of sampling in Pune district of Western Ghats. A number of novel morphotypes were found in forest as well as urban/semi-urban soils. There was a high level of floral dissimilarity between habitats. The mo...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 1999-10, Vol.77 (8), p.1089-1095
Main Authors: Watve, Milind G., Shete, Anita M., Jadhav, Nalini, Wagh, Shilpa A., Shelar, Sheetal P., Chakraborti, Sudeshna S., Botre, Ashwini P., Kulkarni, Ajit A.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Colors
Deciduous forests
Feces
Forest habitats
Forest soils
Fruiting bodies
Horticultural soils
India
myxobacteria
Myxococcales
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Soil samples
Urban soils
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Summary:Myxobacteria of tropical soils is an under-explored bacterial group. We report here the results of sampling in Pune district of Western Ghats. A number of novel morphotypes were found in forest as well as urban/semi-urban soils. There was a high level of floral dissimilarity between habitats. The morphotypes detected in Pune district also differed from the northern Indian species recorded earlier. Using a species individual curve on the Pune, Lucknow and pooled data, we try to estimate the number of species that are likely to be present in India. A plausible estimate is several fold higher than the species recorded worldwide so far.
ISSN:0011-3891