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This study was aimed to investigate the diversity and function of bacterial population associated with  Gigaspora margarita  spores. The fungus was propagated in sterilized sand/soil pots using alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ), grain sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ), or maize ( Zea mays ) as host plants, or in sterilized vermiculite pots using alfalfa as host plants, respectively. Bacteria were isolated from the new-formed spores using diluted plate method, and typical bacterial isolates were identified according to 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic analysis. Total 43 bacterial isolates affiliated to three phyla and 23 genera were obtained. The spore-associated bacterial communities were obviously different among the four source spores, suggesting that plant species or substrates could influence the bacterial population.  Bacillus  and  Streptomyces  were most frequently associated with the fungal spores. Function analysis of these bacteria by plate tests, it was found that about 30.2% isolates stimulated the spore germination, five out of seven tested isolates improved the hyphal growth, total 57.5% of the tested isolates solubilized phosphorus at different levels, 15% isolates degraded chitin, and a few isolates suppressed the growth of  Escherichia coli  or  Staphylococcus aureus . In pot experiment, three bacterial isolates (belonging to  Curtobacterium ,  Ensifer,  or  Bacillus , respectively) displayed improvement effect on alfalfa growth and/or the colonization of roots by  G. margarita .   Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13205-017-0612-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Population and function analysis of cultivable bacteria associated with spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita