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Molecules 2012, 17, 7980-7988; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Communication Rhizonin A from Burkholderia sp. KCTC11096 and Its Growth Promoting Role in Lettuce Seed Germination Sang-Mo Kang 1,†, Abdul Latif Khan 1,2,†, Javid Hussain 3,4, Liaqat Ali 3, Muhammad Kamran 1, Muhammad Waqas 1 and In-Jung Lee 1,* 1 School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea; E-Mails: kmoya@ (S.-M.K.); latifepm78@yahoo.co.uk (A.L.K.); m.kamran60@ (M.K.); agronomist89@ (M.W.) 2 Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan 3 Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nizwa, Nizwa 33, Oman; E-Mails: javidhej@ (J.H.); malikhejric@ (L.A.) 4 Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan † These authors contributed equally to this work. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ijlee@knu.ac.kr; Tel.: +82-53-950-5708; Fax: +82-53-958-6880. Received: 19 May 2012; in revised form: 19 June 2012 / Accepted: 28 June 2012 / Published: 3 July 2012 Abstract: We isolated and identified a gibberellin-producing Burkholderia sp. KCTC 11096 from agricultural field soils. The culture filtrate of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) significantly increased the germination and growth of lettuce and Chinese cabbage seeds. The ethyl acetate extract of the PGPR culture showed significantly high