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Table. 2.

Table. 2. Table 2

EPS-producing microbial strains in drought tolerance.

Microorganisms	Crops	Functions	References
Rhizobium sp. strain YAS34	Sunflower	Increase RAS/RT ratio, dry biomass, and nitrogen uptake	[24]
Pseudomonas mendocina	Lactuca sativa L	Increase in aggregate stability, water soluble, and total carbohydrates	[50]
Proteus penneri Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alcaligenes faccalis	Maize	Improve soil moisture content, leaf area, root length, shoot length, and plant biomass	[56]
Bacillus sp. (B. amyloliquefaciens, B. licheniformis, B. thuringiensis, B. subtilis, Paenibacillus favisporus)	Maize	Increase plant biomass, relative water content, water potential of leaf, RAS/RT ratio, and aggregate stability	[11]
Rhizobium leguminosarum Mesorhizobium ciceri Rizobium phaseoli	Wheat	Improve growth, biomass, and drought tolerance index	[58]
Rhizobium strain KYGT207	Wheat	Improve soil aggregation	[48]
Bacillus sp. (B. licheniformis, B. megaterium, B. pumilus)	Soybean	Plant growth promotion	[70]
Klebsiella sp. IG3	Wheat	Improve soil aggregation, root adhering soil, and water potential around the roots	[75]
P. aeruginosa PM389 P. aeruginosa ZNP1 B.endophyticus J13 B. tequilensis J12		Increase phytohormones/EPS Enhance fresh weight, dry weight, and plant water content	[68]
Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6	Arabidopsi s thaliana	Reduce stomatal opening and wilting	[72]
B. amyloliquefaciens 54	Tomato	Increase survival rate, relative water content, and root vigor Decrease concentration of malondialdehyde Increase antioxidant enzyme activities Increase levels of stress-responsive genes (lea, tdi65, and ltpg2)	[96]
B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42	A. thaliana	Increase survival rate, fresh and dry shoot weights, and primary root length Increase expression levels of drought defense-related marker genes, such as RD29A, RD17, ERD1, and LEA14 Increase proline production and activities of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase	[66]
Pseudomonas fluorescens DR7 P. fluorescens DR11 Pseudomonas migulae DR35 Enterobacter hormaechei DR16	Foxtail millet	Increase the RAS/RT Improve seed germination	[71]
P. fluorescens FAP2 B. licheniformis B642	Wheat	Enhance vegetative growth Enhance photosynthesis, chlorophyll content, transpiration rate (E), internal CO₂ concentration (Ci), stomatal conductance (gs), net photosynthetic rate (PN), and leaf water potential (LWP) as compared to uninoculated control	[62]

J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2021;31:1045~1059 https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.2105.05009

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