Solubilization of inorganic phosphates and plant growth promotion by strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from acidic soils of Cameroon

FANKEM Henri¹, NGO NKOT Laurette¹, DEUBEL Annette², QUINN John³, MERBACH Wolfgang², ETOA François-Xavier⁴ and NWAGADieudonné^5*

¹Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Douala. P.O. Box: 24157 Douala. Cameroon.

²Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Adam-Kuckhoff-Straße 17 b, D-06108 Halle/Saale, Germany.

³Queen’s University, Belfast, School of Biology and Biochemistry, Medical Biology Centre. 97 Lisburn Road Belfast. BT9 7BL, UK.

⁴Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I. P.O. Box: 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon.

⁵Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Biotechnology Centre, University of Yaoundé I. P.O. Box: 812 Yaoundé. Cameroon.