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Unlike that of other crops, the growth of tea plants can be promoted by aluminum, but its regulation mechanism remains unclear. Some endophytes can also promote growth of plant hosts. In this paper, tea roots treated with aluminum were used to study the growth-promoting traits and aluminum tolerance of endophytes. Meta-16S rDNA analysis revealed that  Burkholderia  was enriched in tea roots after aluminum treatment, and it was the dominant strain for hydroponic tea roots and field tea roots.  Actinomycetes  constituted the dominant strains in hydroponic tea seedlings treated with aluminum. Sixteen endophytic bacteria, including 12 strains of  Firmicutes , 2 strains of  Proteobacteria  and 2 strains of  Actinomycetes , were isolated and identified from hydroponic tea roots treated with different aluminum concentrations. Growth-promoting activity analysis showed that the isolated endophytic bacteria all had more than one plant growth-promoting trait. Among them, B4 ( Bacillus nealsonii ), B8 ( Brevibacterium frigoritolerans ) and A2 ( Nocardia nova ) bacteria each had three growth-promoting traits. Aluminum tolerance ability analysis indicated that endophyte A1 ( Leifsonia shinshuensis ) had the strongest aluminum tolerance ability, up to 200 mg l −1  aluminum. Plant–bacteria interactions showed that endophytes A1, A2 and B4 and their synthetic community all had a growth-promoting effect on the growth of wheat lateral roots. Moreover, endophytes A1 and B4 alleviated aluminum stress in wheat. Endophyte A1 also promoted the growth of tea cuttings, especially lateral roots, with/without aluminum. Taken together, aluminum enhanced the distribution of aluminum-tolerant and growth-promoting bacteria, thereby promoting the growth of tea roots. This study provides a new aspect for research on the mechanism by which aluminum promotes tea plant growth.

Aluminum-tolerant, growth-promoting endophytic bacteria as contributors in promoting tea plant growth and alleviating aluminum stress