the place is also a home for several medicinal plants and it is important to study the rhizospheric populations in these cases. Present study aims to fill this gap by characterizing the culturable bacterial community from the rhizosphere of A. bracteosa. The isolates were also characterized for their metabolic abilities, including plant growth support and biotechnological potential. Furthermore, only a limited number of studies are available on the composition of slow-growing and nonfastidious
bacterial populations in soils