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Table 3.2
(continued)
Endophytic species
Source
Effect on plant
References
Flavobacterium
sp., Pseudomonas sp.,
Microbacterium
sp., and Xanthomonas
sp.
Seed
High tolerance to salinity and osmotic stress,
hormone modulation, nitrogen fixation,
siderophore production, and phosphate
solubilization in rice
Walitang et al. (2017)
Serratia, Enterobacter, Acinetobacter,
Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas,
Agrobacterium, Ochrobactrum, Bacillus
and
Tetrathiobacter
Rhizome tissues
IAA production, N, P, and K uptake, plant
height, leaf area, and biomass yield in maize
Zhang et al. (2018)
Enterobacter
and Pseudomonas
Roots
Mn tolerance, antifungal activity, ammonia
and IAA production in chickpea
Brígido et al. (2019)