MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON BACTERIAL MICROFAUNA FROM LAHORE SOILS

Abstract

Bacteria have direct influence on humans and their environment. Conservation of local bacterial fauna is therefore crucial for many purposes. Routinely, identification of bacteria is carried out on the basis of morphological or cultural characters combined with biochemical analyses. During present study, bacteria were isolated from rhizospheric soils, canal water and sugarcane stem. Five species of bacteria belonging to three different genera viz., Acidovorax temperans, A. facilis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, B. cepacia and Ensifer adhaerens were isolated and identified on the basis of morphological features and metabolic processes.