Abstract
Plant growth-promoting bacteria that contain the enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase facilitate plant growth and development by decreasing plant ethylene levels, especially following a variety of environmental stresses. In this review, the physiological basis for this growth-promotion effect is examined in some detail. In addition, models are presented that endeavour to explain (i) the seemingly paradoxical effects of ethylene on a plant's response to stress, (ii) how the expression of this enzyme is transcriptionally regulated in many bacterial strains and (iii) how ACC deaminase-containing plant growth-promoting bacteria alter plant gene expression and positively modulate plant growth.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New Perspectives and Approaches in Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Research |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Pages | 329-339 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781402067761 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781402067754 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences