TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘Atlas of Soil Microorganisms’—citizen scienceeducation program for school teachers

AU - Парамоник, Анастасия Павловна

AU - Седых, Сергей Евгеньевич

AU - Галямова, Мария Рашитовна

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Every year, citizen science’s contribution to obtaining scientifi-cally significant results grows. The search for new formats forteaching schoolchildren and improving school teachers’ skills isan essential task of modern biological education. Research-ori-ented teaching projects allow students to research without listen-ing to obligatory lectures and consolidate knowledge in exams.In 2022, due to the ‘Atlas of Soil Microorganisms’ research pro-ject implementation, teachers and their students from 62 regionscollected more than 3000 soil samples. They initially screenedplant growth-promoting bacteria, primarily which fix nitrogenand solubilize phosphates. Another promising direction is theconstruction of consortiums of soil bacteria with different prop-erties promoting the plants’ growth. Due to close interaction withthe rhizosphere of cultivated plants, bacterial consortia cansimultaneously provide several biological activities beneficial forplants: fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, solubilization of inor-ganic and organic phosphates, synthesis of siderophores, hetero-auxin, and other organic compounds. The combination of severalactivities in one microbial consortium has a productive effect onthe growth and development of plants. With the participation ofschoolchildren, during the 24-day techno-scientific educationalproject, an analysis was made of the effect of 20 consortia inocu-lated into germinating seeds on the Triticum aestivum L. A com-parative analysis of the copy number content of three genesimportant in plant growth in wheat rhizosphere samples was car-ried out. The best results show consortia containing Bacillus,Enterobacter и Pseudomonas strains: copy number of Nifh (nitro-genase) gene increased in 424 times, of ALPL (alkaline phos-phatase) increased in 74 times, and copy number of beta-propeller phytase gene did not change. The work was carried outwithin the Atlas of Soil Microorganisms project (075-15-2021-1085).

AB - Every year, citizen science’s contribution to obtaining scientifi-cally significant results grows. The search for new formats forteaching schoolchildren and improving school teachers’ skills isan essential task of modern biological education. Research-ori-ented teaching projects allow students to research without listen-ing to obligatory lectures and consolidate knowledge in exams.In 2022, due to the ‘Atlas of Soil Microorganisms’ research pro-ject implementation, teachers and their students from 62 regionscollected more than 3000 soil samples. They initially screenedplant growth-promoting bacteria, primarily which fix nitrogenand solubilize phosphates. Another promising direction is theconstruction of consortiums of soil bacteria with different prop-erties promoting the plants’ growth. Due to close interaction withthe rhizosphere of cultivated plants, bacterial consortia cansimultaneously provide several biological activities beneficial forplants: fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, solubilization of inor-ganic and organic phosphates, synthesis of siderophores, hetero-auxin, and other organic compounds. The combination of severalactivities in one microbial consortium has a productive effect onthe growth and development of plants. With the participation ofschoolchildren, during the 24-day techno-scientific educationalproject, an analysis was made of the effect of 20 consortia inocu-lated into germinating seeds on the Triticum aestivum L. A com-parative analysis of the copy number content of three genesimportant in plant growth in wheat rhizosphere samples was car-ried out. The best results show consortia containing Bacillus,Enterobacter и Pseudomonas strains: copy number of Nifh (nitro-genase) gene increased in 424 times, of ALPL (alkaline phos-phatase) increased in 74 times, and copy number of beta-propeller phytase gene did not change. The work was carried outwithin the Atlas of Soil Microorganisms project (075-15-2021-1085).

UR - https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2211-5463.13646

M3 - Conference article

VL - 13

SP - 257

JO - FEBS Open Bio

JF - FEBS Open Bio

SN - 2211-5463

IS - S2

M1 - P-E-09.1-14

ER -