ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 23 February 2018 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00034 Pseudomonas rhizophila S211, a New Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium with Potential in Pesticide-Bioremediation Wafa Hassen 1,2, Mohamed Neifar 1, Hanene Cherif 1, Afef Najjari 2, Habib Chouchane 1, Rim C. Driouich 1, Asma Salah 1, Fatma Naili 1, Amor Mosbah 1, Yasmine Souissi 1, Noura Raddadi 3, Hadda I. Ouzari 2, Fabio Fava 3 and Ameur Cherif 1* 1 Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole of Sidi Thabet, Ariana, Tunisia, 2 Laboratory of Microorganisms and Active Biomolecules, MBA-LR03ES03, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, 3 Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Edited by: George Tsiamis, A number of Pseudomonas strains function as inoculants for biocontrol, biofertilization, University of Patras, Greece and phytostimulation, avoiding the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Here, Reviewed by: Spyridon Ntougias, we present a new metabolically versatile plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium, Democritus University of Thrace, Pseudomonas rhizophila S211, isolated from a pesticide contaminated artichoke field Greece that shows biofertilization, biocontrol and bioremediation potentialities. The S211 Dimitris Tsaltas, Cyprus University of Technology, genome was sequenced, annotated and key genomic elements related to plant growth Cyprus promotion and biosurfactant (BS) synthesis were elucidated. S211 genome comprises *Correspondence: 5,948,515 bp with 60.4% G+C content, 5306 coding genes and 215 RNA genes. The Ameur Cherif
[email protected] genome sequence analysis confirmed the presence of genes involved in plant-growth promoting and remediation activities such as the synthesis of ACC deaminase, putative Specialty section: dioxygenases, auxin, pyroverdin, exopolysaccharide levan and rhamnolipid BS.