Survey of Dioscorea spp. and Effect of Crude Starch Extract on Growth of Bacteria

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Nutthawut Meesilp
Kunthika Bunsupawong

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Agroecosystems consist of several interactions of components between plants, microbes and soil in natural environments for maintaining soil fertility. Dioscorea spp. are important tuber plants and serve as a source of carbohydrates containing starch and sugar. Thus, the research aimed to survey tuber plants in Dioscorea spp. from dry forest and discover bacterial community associated with Dioscorea spp. growing in areas without the application of fertilizer. Dioscorea spp. surveyed from dry dipterocarp forest showed highly expressed similarity of physical characteristics to Dioscorea myriantha Kunth and Dioscorea alata L. A total of 56 bacterial isolates divided into the groups of free-living and endophytic bacteria as 28 and 28 isolates were obtained from rhizosphere soil and plant tuber, respectively. All bacteria were preliminarily classified into 31 gram-positive and 25 gram-negative bacterial isolates with the shape of cells as coccus, bacillus, coccobacilli, and filamentous. The most colony characteristics growing on culture medium demonstrated small to large size, white to yellow, circular to irregular shape, flat to convex elevation, and entire to irregular margin. Analysis of total starch content from Dioscorea myriantha Kunth sample exhibited higher content (5.94 g/µL) than Dioscorea alata L. Hydrolyzed starch extract from Dioscorea spp. with acid displayed a higher amount of reducing sugar than non-hydrolyze. The application of crude starch extract supplementing in a culture medium showed highly enhanced growth of the EN1 and FR1 isolates. Therefore, discovered Dioscorea spp., from the forest were found bacterial population living in the plant and rhizosphere soil by exhibiting the different morphologies. In addition, the plants comprised the average total starch without different values. This starch could be digested to the monosaccharide and applied as the carbon source of culture media to support the energy for microbial growth.

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Meesilp N, Bunsupawong K. Survey of Dioscorea spp. and Effect of Crude Starch Extract on Growth of Bacteria. PBRU.Sci.J [internet]. 2024 Jun. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 22];21(1):45-5. available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/scijPBRU/article/view/261332
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Nutthawut Meesilp, Faculty of Science and Liberal Art, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan

Microbiology

Kunthika Bunsupawong, Faculty of Science and Liberal Art, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan

Biotechnology

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