TABLE 4.
Taxonomic distribution of strains from the rhizospheres of T4 lysozyme-producing plants (DL4 and DL5) and control plants (DC1 and DES) in five samplings
| Taxonomic affiliation (most frequent genus or species of group) | Percentage of strains from plant line:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| DES | DC1 | DL4 | DL5 | |
| α-Proteobacteria (Agrobacterium) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| β-Proteobacteria (V. paradoxus) | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 |
| Enterobacteriaceae (Enterobacter) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Pseudomonas (P. fluorescens) | 21 | 26 | 32 | 25 |
| CFB group (Flavobacterium) | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Other gram-negative bacteria (Stenotrophomonas) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Actinomycetales (Arthrobacter) | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 |
| Gram-positive low G+C (Bacillus) | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Unidentified gram-positive bacteria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| No. of strains analyzed | 517 | 494 | 503 | 496 |