Table 2.
Strain | Species | Morphology | Hydrolytic activity | HR | HCN | Antimicrobial activity against | |||||
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Casein | Gelatine | Tween 80 | Rp | Bm | Pst | Xcc | |||||
NCPPB2445T | Pcor | R | W | W | + | + | W | + | + | + | − |
TEIC1148 | Pcor | S | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
CFBP5403 | Pcor | R | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | − |
CFBP5454 | Pcor | R | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
CFBP5447T | Pmed | R | + | + | W | + | + | + | + | + | − |
TEIC1022 | Pmed | S | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − |
TEIC1105 | Pmed | I | W | W | − | + | W | + | + | + | − |
CFBP5404 | Pmed | R | W | W | − | + | + | + | + | + | − |
CFBP5444 | Pmed | S | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
Species abbreviations are Pcor, Pseudomonas corrugata; Pmed, P. mediterranea; Rp; Rhodotorula pilimanae; Bm, Bacillus megaterium; Pst, P. syringae pv. tomato and Xcc, Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. TEIC: Technological Educational Institute of Crete Bacterial collection; CFBP: International Center for Microbial Resources, French Collection for Plant-associated Bacteria, INRA, Angers, France; NCPPB, National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Fera, York, U.K. Isolate names followed by the letter “T” are type strains; R, “rough-phenotype” producing yellow diffusible pigments (R-type); S, “smooth phenotype” with whitish-cream smooth-surfaced colonies that do not produce any pigment (S-type); I, “intermediate phenotype” producing rather smooth colonies with weak diffusible pigment (I-type); HR, hypersensitive response-like reaction; HCN, production of hydrogen cyanide; +, positive reaction; −, negative reaction or no antimicrobial activity; w, weak-positive reaction.