Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 Genome sequencing and assembly. Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488

A plant growth–promoting Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 was isolated from cow's milk. Bacterial colonization and growth responses of different plant species after inoculation with Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 were evaluated and resulted in significantly enhanced plant growth promoting parameters. The strain showed inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum and the interaction was studied by scanning electron microscopy. It shows the suppression of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri by Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 treatments was further demonstrated by greater yields in bacterized compared with non-bacterized chickpea seeds. The strain was identified as Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488, deposited under the Budapest treaty into Agricultural Research Service (ARS) patent culture collection, United States Department of Agriculture, Illinois.