Salt-Tolerant Microbes: Isolation and Adaptation

One of the major obstacles limiting agriculture in arid and semiarid areas of the world is salinity. Arid and semiarid areas are affected by salinity of soil and water. Global changes aggress this issue and trigger the agricultural area into unproductive. Increasing salinity of soil and water decreases yield of importance of economic crops. Several strategies have been assumed to be used in order to deal with soil salinity. Moreover, using beneficial microorganisms is of great interest. This article review doesn’t aim to repeat the beneficial role of plant growth-promoting bacteria in agriculture since, in this regard, many valuable article reviews have been published previously. The major aim and point of this review are to discuss the strategies used for the isolation of the beneficial saline-adapted bacteria for crop production under salinity condition. Isolation procedures of the different groups of beneficial bacteria including rhizobacteria, rhizobia, and phosphorus solubilizing bacteria have been reviewed in this chapter.