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Exopolysaccharide-producing bacterial cultures of
Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Abamectin Causes Neurotoxicity in Zebrafish Embryos.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Redox cycling of sulfur via microbes in soil boosts the bioavailability of nutrients to Brassica napus.PloS one · 2025Article
- Rhizosphere bacterial exopolysaccharides: composition, biosynthesis, and their potential applications.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
- Drought stress mitigation through bioengineering of microbes and crop varieties for sustainable agriculture and food security.Current research in microbial sciences · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2025-12-22Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Objections by Author(s) · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Land productivity in arid and hot climate regions is constrained by water scarcity due to low rainfall and organic matter, which limit both soil-water retention and crop yields. Main objective of this research was to explore the potential of exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing bacteria screened from different soils for enhancing soil-water retention, phosphorus solubilization and maize growth. Twelve soil samples were drawn from diverse ecologies (sub-humid and arid) to isolate EPS-producing bacteria (EPB), and cultured on LB and Pikovskaya media. Nine bacterial strains were found to have EPS production characteristic; among from them, 2 most efficient EPB strains were selected and characterized through morphological, biochemical and molecular standard procedures of bacterial identification. These potent EPB-strains were characterized as
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