Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Isolated from Degraded Habitat Enhance Drought Tolerance of Acacia (Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth.) Seedlings

Table 1

In vitro top drought stress-tolerant PGPR isolates and the closest species identity based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

Isolate code	Closest relatives	Best match ID (NCBI)	Query cover (%)	% Similarity	Gene bank accessions
BS-45	Bacillus thuringiensis	CP021436.1	100	100	MN005965
PS-16	Enterococcus gallinarum	JF915769.1	99	99	MN005973
BS-51	Paenibacillus polymyxa	CP006872.1	98	100	MN005974
FB-50	Paenibacillus polymyxa	CP025957.1	100	100	MN005976
RS-79	Agrobacterium tumefaciens	CP033032.1	100	99	MN005977
RS-58	Ochrobactrum intermedium	KC146415.1	100	100	MN005978
RS-59	Ochrobactrum intermedium	AJ242582.2	92	99	MN005979
RS-66	Ochrobactrum intermedium	AJ242582.2	99	99	MN005982
RS-72	Ochrobactrum intermedium	KC146415.1	100	100	MN005988
BS-27	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	KC257031.1	99	99	MN005992
BS-19	Pseudomonas putida	CP025262.1	99	99	MN005993
BS-26	Pseudomonas plecoglossicida	MF281997.1	100	99	MN005997
BS-44	Pseudomonas fulva	CP014025.1	100	99	MN006005
BS-53	Pseudomonas fulva	CP014025.1	100	99	MN006006
FB-49	Pseudomonas fluorescens	KY228953.1	100	100	MN006008
PS-2	Klebsiella michiganensis	CP033824.1	100	99	MN006010
PS-3	Klebsiella oxytoca	CP033824.1	99	99	MN006011
BS-46	Morganella morganii	CP032295.1	99	99	MN006012
PS-6	Morganella morganii	CP032295.1	100	99	MN006013
PS-14	Morganella morganii	CP032295.1	100	99	MN006017
RS-65	Serratia marcescens	CP021164.1	99	99	MN006026
RS-54	Serratia fonticola	LR134492.1	100	99	MN006030