Abstract:Using the chrome azural S (CAS) reagents assay, a siderophore-producing bacterium MX-26 was screened out from 81 bacteria, which were isolated from the peach rhizosphere soil. According to morphological, biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, strain MX-26 belong to Klebsiella oxytoca. As an original strain, MX-26 was mutated by UV-ray, complex mutagenesis of UV-ray and lithium chloride (LiCl), diethyl sulphate (DES), the optimum mutagenesis conditions were determined: mutated by UV-ray was tested to be 180 seconds, the concentration of lithium chloride should be 1.2% and mutated by the diethyl sulphate was tested to be 40 minutes. The mutants of strain MX26-18 was obtained. Compared with MX-26, the siderophore production from MX26-18 was increased by 32.9%. And the subculture experiments indicated that the hereditary characteristic of MX26-18 was stable.