Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jam.13708 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. MR. ANTONIO CASTELLANO-HINOJOSA (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-5785-7625) Article type : Original Article Title Purple corn-associated rhizobacteria with potential for plant growth promotion Running headline Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in corn crops Author names and affiliations A. Castellano-Hinojosa 1,2 , V. Pérez-Tapia 1 , E.J. Bedmar 2 , N. Santillana 3 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems. Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC. E-419, 180080-Granada, Spain 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada. Campus Cartuja, 18071-Granada, Spain 3 Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Corresponding author A. Castellano-Hinojosa, Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, E-419, 18080-Granada, Spain E-mail: ach@ugr.es