Sandy Sampaio Videira

TL;DR: The introduction of the N-free semi-solid medium opened new opportunities for those working in the area of BNF with non-legumes not only for elucidating the important role played by their associated microorganisms, but also because some of these bacteria that were isolated using semi- solid media are now being recommended as plant growth-promoting inoculants for sugarcane, maize and wheat in Brazil and other countries.

TL;DR: A group of 46 Sphingomonas-like isolates, which originated from two rice varieties grown in two soils in Brazil, were characterized based on morphological, physiological and genetic analyses.

TL;DR: The results showed that H. seropedicae ZAE94 was the best strain under controlled conditions and its application as a field inoculant increased maize yield up to 34 %, depending on the plant genotype.

TL;DR: The results showed the occurrence of novel diazotrophic bacterial species colonizing different tissues of both genotypes of elephant grass, and revealed the presence of several bacteria with growth promoting traits, and highlighted their potential to be exploited as biofertilizers.

TL;DR: An unexpectedly large diversity of metabolically active bacteria is revealed, providing new insights into the bacterial species predominantly found in association with elephant grass.