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. 2016 Feb 9;7:108. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00108

Table 1.

Methodical order of all experimental systems to study bacterial volatile-mediated effects on plants.

System Effect Bacteria Plant Medium Compoundsa References
Petri dish bipartite (parafilm sealed) Plant growth promotion (total leaf surface area) Bacillus subtilis GB03, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a, Enterobacter cloacae JM22 Arabidopsis thaliana TSA acetoin, 2,3-butanediol Ryu et al., 2003
No visual effect Bacillus pumilus T4, Bacillus pasteurii C-9, Serratia marcescens 90-166, Escherichia coli DH5α
Plant growth promotion (induction of systemic resistance) Bacillus subtilis GB03, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a, Serratia marcescens 90-166, Bacillus pumilus T4 TSA 2,3-butanediol (released from GB03 and IN937a) Ryu et al., 2004
No induction of systemic resistance Bacillus pasteurii C9, Enterobacter cloacae JM22, Pseudomonas fluorescens 89B61, Bacillus pumilus SE34
Plant growth promotion (induction of systemic resistance) Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 MS 2,3-butanediol Han et al., 2006
Plant growth promotion (regulation of auxin homeostasis and cell expansion) Bacillus subtilis GB03 TSA Zhang et al., 2007
Plant growth promotion (shoot/root- fresh/dry- weight and length, leaf number) Ocimum basilicum MS - Banchio et al., 2009
Plant growth promotion (dry weight) Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 (formely odorifera) Physcomitrella patens NB CO2 Kai and Piechulla, 2010
Plant growth promotion (shoot fresh weight) Bacillus megaterium XTBG34 Arabidopsis thaliana TSA 2-pentylfuran Zou et al., 2010
Plant growth promotion (shoot fresh weight) Bacillus cereus B-569, Burkholderia terricola LMG 20594, Chromobacterium violaceum CV0, Cupriavidus necator, Escherichia coli, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila Arabidopsis thaliana MR-VP Blom et al., 2011a
Burkholderia lata LB
Serratia plymuthica MS
Burkholderia anthina LMG 20980, Burkholderia caledonica LMG 19076, Burkholderia caribensis LMG 18531, Burkholderia caryophylli, Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia thailandensis, Burkholderia sordidicola, Burkholderia hospita, Serratia proteamaculans MR-VP, LB
Burkholderia gladioli, Burkholderia graminis, Burkholderia phenazinium, Burkholderia phytofirmans, Burkholderia sacchari, Cellulomonas uda, Serratia entomophilia, Serratia marcescens, Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48 MR-VP, MS
Burkholderia lata, Burkholderia glathei, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas putida MR-VP, Angle
Burkholderia andropogonis, Burkholderia glumae, Burkholderia xenovorans, Pandoraea norimbergensis MR-VP, LB, MS
Burkholderia kururiensis, Burkholderia tropica MR-VP, LB, Angle
Burkholderia fungorum, Burkholderia phenoliruptrix, Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS 417r MR-VP, MS, Angle
Burkholderia pyrrocinia MR-VP, LB, MS, Angle
Plant growth inhibition (shoot fresh weight) Burkholderia phenoliruptrix, Burkholderia phytofirmans, Chromobacterium violaceum CV0, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS 417r, Pseudomonas putida LB
Limnobacter thiooxidans, Serratia plymuthica IC14 MR-VP, LB
Plant growth promotion (biomass, lateral root number) Pseudomonas fluorescens SS101 Nicotiana tabacum King's medium B 13-tetradecadien-1-ol, 2-butanone, and 2-methyl-n-1-tridecene Park et al., 2015
Petri dish tripartite (parafilm sealed) Plant growth inhibition (shoot fresh weight) Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (strains PA01a, PA01b, TBCF10839, PA14, TB, PUPa3), Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aureofaciens ATCC 13985, Serratia marcescens MG1, Serratia plymuthica IC14 Arabidopsis thaliana LB HCN Blom et al., 2011b
Plastic container (parafilm sealed) Plant growth promotion (accumulation of starch in plant leaves) Bacillus subtilis 168, Escherichia coli BW25113, Pseudomonas syringae (1448A9, 49a/90, PKs), Salmonella enterica LT2, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (EHA105, GV2260) Nicotiana tabacum, Solanum tuberosum, Zea mays, Horedum vulgare, Medicago sativa, Ocimum basilicum M9 minimal medium + 50 mM glucose Ezquer et al., 2010
Plant growth promotion (shoot/root- fresh/dry- weight and length, leaf number) Bacillus subtilis GB03 Ocimum basilicum MS Banchio et al., 2009
Plant growth promotion (shoot fresh weight, dry weight, rosette number, silique number, increased photo efficiency) Bacillus subtilis GB03 Arabidopsis thaliana TSA Xie et al., 2009
Petri dish bipartite (parafilm non-sealed) Plant growth inhibition (shoot fresh weight determination) Pseudomonas fluorescens L13-6-12, Pseudomonas trivialis 3Re2-7, Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 (formely odorifera), Serratia plymuthica 3Re4-18, Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R3089, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila P69 Arabidopsis thaliana NB Vespermann et al., 2007
Plant growth inhibition (induction of H2O2 production) Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R3089 Wenke et al., 2012
Plant growth promotion (shoot fresh weight determination) Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 (formerly odorifera) NBG Weise et al., 2013
Plant growth inhibition (shoot fresh weight determination) NB ammonia
Plant growth inhibition (dry weight determination) Physcomitrella patens - Kai and Piechulla, 2010
Pots with direct root inoculation Plant growth promotion (induction of systemic tolerance to drought) Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 Arabidopsis thaliana peat: vermi-culite/perlite 2,3-butanediol Cho et al., 2008
Plant growth promotion (induction of systemic resistance) Bacillus subtilis FB17 peat pellet acetoin Rudrappa et al., 2010
Petri dish placed underneath the soil at the bottom of a plastic container Plant growth promotion (biomass, lateral root number determination) Pseudomonas fluorescens SS101 Nicotiana tabacum King's medium B 13-tetradecadien-1-ol, 2-butanone, and 2-methyl-n-1-tridecene Park et al., 2015
Dynamic air stream targeting the aerial part Plant growth promotion (shoot fresh weight determination) Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 (formerly odorifera) Arabidopsis thaliana NB Kai et al., 2009
Dynamic air stream targeting the root
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Identified compounds that were shown to affect plant growth. Labeled in bold are bacterial strains that exhibited both positive and negative effects depending on the respective growth medium.