Azospirillum spp Ecology of Some Soils of the Somali Republic

Current status of Azospirillum inoculation technology: Azospirillum as a challenge for agriculture

“…Most Azospirillum strains are rhizosphere bacteria; however, numerous strains occur in the soil. Azospirillum was originally isolated from sandy soil (Beijerinck 1925); however, bacteria resembling Azospirillum occur only in alluvial and not in sandy soils in Somali (Favilli et al 1988). Low levels of Azospirillum persist in many Belgian fields regardless of soil texture (De Coninck et al 1988;Horemans et al 1988), whereas high indigenous levels of Azospirillum are common in tropical soils (Döbereiner 1988;Döbereiner et al 1976;Patriquin et al 1983).…”