Table 1.

Some key microbial species associated with soil ecosystem of tea gardens.

Microbial species	Bacteria phyla	Function	References
Arthrobacter sp. MT436081	Actinobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing, biocontrol	Bhattacharyya et al. (2020)
Bacillus firmus HNS012 Bacillus firmus UST000620-011	Firmicutes	Phosphorus solubilizing	Panda et al. (2017)
Bacillus megaterium MT436102	Firmicutes	Phosphorus solubilizing, ammonia production, protease production, cellulase production	Bhattacharyya et al. (2020)
Bacillus pseudomycoides SN29 (KJ767523)	Firmicutes	Ammonia production, phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones	Dutta et al. (2015)
Bacillus velezensis MT436088 Bacillus velezensis MT436091	Firmicutes	Phosphorus solubilizing, ammonia production, protease production	Bhattacharyya et al. (2020)
Brevibacillus agri KX373961	Firmicutes	Phosphorus solubilizing, ammonia production, biocontrol, production of phytohormones	Dutta and Thakur (2017)
Brevibacterium sediminis A6	Actinobacteria	Phosphate solubilizing, ammonia production, biocontrol	Chopra et al. (2020a)
Burkholderia arboris R24201	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing	Panda et al. (2017)
Burkholderia cepacia ATCC177759 Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 35254	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing	Panda et al. (2017)
Burkholderia pyrrocinia P10 (DSM 10685T)	Proteobacteria	Abiotic stress tolerance	Han et al. (2021)
Burkholderia sp. J62 Burkholderia sp. YXA1-13	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing	Panda et al. (2017)
Burkholderia sp. TT6 (KJ767524)	Proteobacteria	Ammonia production, phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones	Dutta et al. (2015)
Burkholderia vietnamiensis TVV70	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing	Panda et al. (2017)
Claroideoglomus sp.	Glomeromycota	Nutrient uptake and Leaf food quality	Wu et al. (2019) and Shao et al. (2019)
Enterobacter lignolyticus TG1 (KJ767522)	Proteobacteria	Ammonia production, phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones	Dutta et al. (2015)
Enterobacter sp. KX373977	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing, ammonia production, biocontrol, production of phytohormones	Dutta and Thakur (2017)
Glomus sp.	Glomeromycota	Growth promoting activities	Wu et al. (2019); Sun et al. (2020)
Glomus viscosum	Glomeromycota	Nutrient uptake	Wu et al. (2019)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa KH45 (KJ767521)	Proteobacteria	Ammonia production, phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones	Dutta et al. (2015)
Serratia marcescens	Proteobacteria	Phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones. Biocontrol	Panda et al. (2017)
Serratia marcescens ETR17	Proteobacteria	Biocontrol, Phosphorus solubilizing, production of phytohormones	Dhar Purkayastha et al. (2018)