Table 3.

Agarospirol content and infection length obtained with different fungal and bacterial strains 3 months after the artificial inoculation in the A. malaccensis trees.

S. No.	Species	Type of organism	Source	Agarospirol*a,b,c (2-(6,10-Dimethylspiro[4,5]dec-6-en-2-yl)-2-propanol)	Infection
				Content (%)	Length (cm)
1	Pantoea dispersa AQGWDB1	Bacteria	Stem	3.77	1.26
2	Penicillium polonicum AQGGR1.1	Fungi	Stem	3.33	2.60
3	Syncephalastrum racemosum AQGSS 12	Fungi	Soil	1.34	2.60
4	Penicillium aethiopicum AQGGR1.2	Fungi	Stem	0.67	3.00
5	Trichoderma asperellum AQGSS 11	Fungi	Soil	0.20	3.00
6	Bacillus cereus AQGWDB9	Bacteria	Stem	0.09	3.45
7	Penicillium polonicum AQGGR1.1	Fungi	Stem	0.08	2.60
8	(Unidentified) AQGSSB23	Bacteria	Soil	0.06	2.00
9	Bacillus anthricus strain AQGWDB2	Bacteria	Stem	0.05	2.91
10	Rhizopus oryzae AQGGR1.3	Fungi	Stem	0.05	2.00
11	(Unidentified) AQGWDB7	Bacteria	Stem	0.05	3.33
12	Bacillus megaterium AQGWDB 3	Bacteria	Stem	0.03	2.35
13	Wood control	Control		0.00	0.00

^*Variance comparison at significant level: 0.05.

^*aFungi vs. control- P-value < 0.001.

^*bBacteria vs. control -P-value < 0.001.

^*cBacteria vs. Fungi -P-value = 0.0057231.