Fig. 3.

Culturable bacterial loads (CFUs) of phyllosphere (A), and ecto-rhizosphere and endo-rhizosphere (B) of salt affected plants of Lake Mariout, developed on ice plant-seawater culture medium based on plant juice or dehydrated powder, compared to the chemically-synthetic combined carbon sources medium amended with salt (3%, CCM 30) or not (CCM). Different letters indicate significant differences among treatments (P ≤ 0.05).