Table 5. Plant-beneficial traits of endophytic bacteria isolated from fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.).

Bacterial strains		Siderophores	PSB	HCN	IAA (µg/mL)	ACC deaminase	Cell wall–degrading enzymes
							Chitinase	Glucanase	Protease	Lipase
B. megaterium BRN1	RS	-	+	+	6.3 ± 0.3	+	-	-	-	-
P. reinekei BRN2	R	+	-	+	5.5 ± 0.3	-	+	+	+	-
B. aryabhattai BRN3	RS	-	+	-	7.8 ± 0.3	+	-	-	+	-
B. frigoritolerans BRN4	RS	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
P. lini BRN5	R	+	-	+	0	+	-	+	+	-
P. jessenii BRN6	R	+	+	+	6.8 ± 0.3	-	+	+	-	+
P. plecoglossicida BRN7	R	+	-	+	4.5 ± 0.2	-	-	+	+	-
E. mori BSN1	S	-	-	-	0	+	-	-	-	-
K. pneumoniae BSN2	S	-	-	-	5.6 ± 0.3	-	-	-	+	-
E. cloacae BSN3	S	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	+
B. simplex BSN4	S	+	+	+	0	-	-	+	+	+
K. pasteurii BSN5	S	-	-	-	0	+	-	-	-	-
S. maltophilia BSN6	S	+	+	+	4.3 ± 0.3	-	+	-	+	+
P. putida BSN7	S	+	+	+	2.8 ± 0.3	+	+	-	-	+
P. chlororaphis BSN8	S	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-

“+” positive, “-“ negative”, R: bacteria isolated from root; S: bacteria isolated from shoot.