Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Insights into the plant growth promotion properties of bacterial endophytes isolated from Alternanthera philoxeroides and Eichhornia crassipes from Bellandur lake, India Subject The topic of the resource Alternanthera philoxeroides; Bellandur lake; Eichhornia crassipes; Endophytes; Plant growth promotion Description An account of the resource The presence of macrophytes such as Alternanthera philoxeroides and Eichhornia crassipes in Bellandur Lake, India, has been observed despite the high pollution levels. Our research aims to explore the potential role of endophytes in promoting the growth of these macrophytes in such heavily contaminated environments. In current study, we isolated 20 endophytic bacteria from various parts of A. philoxeroides (12) and E. crassipes (8) plants, including shoots, roots, leaves, and flowers. We found that a significant proportion of endophytes from A. philoxeroides (42 %) and E. crassipes (25 %) produced more than 100 g/mL of indole acetic acid (IAA). Similarly, the majority of the isolates possessed other plant growth promoting traits like ammonia production, nitrogen fixation, phosphate and potassium solubilization, siderophore production, and ACC deaminase production. Many of these isolates demonstrated extracellular enzyme production and halotolerance properties. We identified Acinetobacter soli ON529869 and Bacillus licheniformis ON506048 as the most effective plant growth promoters among the isolates, which also displayed antifungal properties against Fusarium solani and Cladosporium tenuissimum in vitro. Furthermore, greenhouse trials using these two endophytes revealed their significant plant growth promotion abilities in Amaranthus viridis. The pigment indices were evaluated using CI-710 Leaf Spectrometer. In conclusion, our findings provide compelling evidence for exploring the endophytic microbiomes of macrophytes in polluted areas for sustainable agriculture and bioprospecting of unique traits. This research could lead to the discovery of new and valuable resources for agricultural practices and other applications. 2023 SAAB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Philip I.; Sarojini S.; Biswas S.; Jayaram S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived South African Journal of Botany, Vol-162, pp. 588-603. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier B.V. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.09.028" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.09.028</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173153207&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.sajb.2023.09.028&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=70aa0a7a6cfaf2dfe28169ef11a7fb1f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173153207&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.sajb.2023.09.028&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=70aa0a7a6cfaf2dfe28169ef11a7fb1f</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 2546299; CODEN: SAJBD| LS; 2023-2024; Vol-2; 0548-0562 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philip I., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Sarojini S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Biswas S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Jayaram S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India