Bacterial diversity of mangrove rhizospheresoil - Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat,India

Abstract

In the present investigation of the microbial population as well as the diversity of bacteria of the unique
mangrove forest ecosystem of Gulf of Khambhat (GoK) region Gujarat, India were analyzed. The maximum water and
soil bacterial colonies were presented in monsoon seasons were compare with pre-monsoon and post-monsoon
seasons.Total ten different bacterial strains were isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil of four different mangrove
forest location of the gulf of Khambhat during a period of 2014-2015. Bacterial isolation was done by the soil dilution
method incubated at 37°C for 24 hours. The most dominant mangrove species of study sites are Avicennia marina.
Determination of bacterial diversity in the mangrove rhizosphere soil by culture method showed the predominant
bacterial genera namely Salinicoccus kekensis, Kocuria flava, Arthrobacter sp., Kocuria sp., Arthrobacter sp., Bacillus
endophyticus, Agrococcus lahaulensis, Georgenia satyanarayanai, Planococcus rifietoensis and Virgibacillus
dokdonensis sp. present in the Gulf of Khambhat mangrove ecosystem.