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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026

Decoding the functional diversity of plant growth-promoting bacterial communities in the soils of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

Manikandan Murugesan, Sugitha Thankappan, Vellaichamy Mageshwaran, Rajendran Ramasamy, Arvinth Singaram

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Manikandan MurugesanDepartment of Botany, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sugitha ThankappanDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vellaichamy MageshwaranMicrobial Technology Laboratory, ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rajendran RamasamyDepartment of Microbiology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Arvinth SingaramDepartment of Botany, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Western ghats in India, one of the world's biodiversity hot spots is the reservoirs of microbial resources having agricultural and industrial significance. However, the diversity of plant growth-promoting microbial communities associated with the plants and soil in the Western Ghats is untapped vault. The current emphasis on natural farming is more depending on the indigenous microbial communities and their metabolic functions towards sustainable one -health. With this background, the present study examines the bacterial diversity of soils from the Western Ghats of Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Dindigul regions. Among the 10 soil samples collected (S1 to S10), three soil samples (S2, S4 and S6) representing respective three regions were subjected for metagenomic studies based on their distinct soil chemical and biological properties. The computational analysis of the metagenome revealed the core genus

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antifungal activitybacterial diversitychickpeametagenomicsplant growth promotionWestern Ghats

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