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Desulfovibrio þ þ [13]
Aeromonas þ þ [8]
Citrobacter þ þ [11]
Enterobacter þ þ [8,11,23]
Erwinia þ þ [8,11,24]
Klebsiella þ þ c
þ [11,23]
Kluyvera þ c
þ [23]
Pantoea þ þ [14]
Serratia þ þ [8,11,13]
Pseudomonas þ þ þ þ þ þ þ [8,11,13,14,16]
Azotobacter þ þ [20]
Acinetobacter þ þ [8,11]
AB: antibacterial; AD: aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACC) degradation; AP: auxin production; biocontrol-PGPB: suppression of plant pathogens; e-PGPR:
extracellular plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; FU: fungicide; i-PGPR: intracellular plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; INRP: increases the natural resistance of
the plant; NE: nematicidal; NFF: nitrogen fixation as free cells; NFS: nitrogen fixation in symbiosis; PGPB: plant growth promoting bacteria; PP: production of
phytohormones; PPIS: production of plant-pathogen inhibitory substances; PS: phosphate solubilizing; QUO: degradation of pathogen quorum-sensing molecules; SID:
siderophore production; SRI: systemic resistance inducer; STR: resistance to stress conferral; VO: production of volatiles.
a
Production of a nitrogenase that is insensitive to oxygen.
b
Symbiotic extrachromosomal plasmid.
c
Harbors the ACC deaminase gene.
4.2 Taxonomy of PGPRj59