. 2017 Aug 4;57(4):409–415. doi: 10.1007/s12088-017-0666-0

Table 1.

B. methylotrophicus KE2 induced changes on amino acids synthesis in sesame plants. Means (n = 3) followed by the same letter in the column were not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test

Amino acids	Bacterial Treatment	Shoot (mg/g dwt)	Pod (mg/g dwt)
Aspartic acid	KE−	4.846 ± 0.20^a	6.855 ± 0.32^a
Aspartic acid	KE+	4.748 ± 0.21^a	6.549 ± 0.34^a
Threonine	KE-	2.095 ± 0.13^a	3.334 ± 0.10^a
Threonine	KE+	1.796 ± 0.02^b	2.863 ± 0.03^b
Serine	KE−	1.954 ± 0.07^a	3.003 ± 0.12^a
Serine	KE+	1.472 ± 0.01^b	2.540 ± 0.07^b
Glutamic acid	KE−	4.983 ± 0.10^a	12.433 ± 1.3^a
Glutamic acid	KE+	4.149 ± 0.02^b	10.099 ± 0.4^b
Glycine	KE−	0.871 ± 0.01^a	2.563 ± 0.11^a
Glycine	KE+	0.307 ± 0.01^b	1.658 ± 0.05^b
Alanine	KE−	2.760 ± 0.13^b	5.031 ± 0.21^a
Alanine	KE+	3.538 ± 0.10^a	4.649 ± 0.16^b
Cystine	KE−	1.292 ± 0.04^b	0.942 ± 0.04^b
Cystine	KE+	1.710 ± 0.03^a	2.341 ± 0.13^a
Valine	KE−	2.283 ± 0.13^b	4.849 ± 0.14^a
Valine	KE+	3.062 ± 0.11^a	4.251 ± 0.10^b
Methionine	KE−	0.292 ± 0.01^a	1.152 ± 0.02^a
Methionine	KE+	0.093 ± 0.00^b	0.746 ± 0.01^b
Isoleucine	KE -	1.763 ± 0.04^b	3.898 ± 0.16^a
Isoleucine	KE+	2.467 ± 0.11^a	3.466 ± 0.13^b
Leucine	KE−	2.602 ± 0.10^b	7.286 ± 0.42^a
Leucine	KE+	3.150 ± 0.16^a	6.452 ± 0.29^b
Tyrosine	KE−	1.255 ± 0.05^b	3.164 ± 0.12^a
Tyrosine	KE+	1.986 ± 0.07^a	2.569 ± 0.12^b
Phenylalanine	KE−	1.673 ± 0.02^b	5.533 ± 0.28^a
Phenylalanine	KE+	2.027 ± 0.11^a	4.645 ± 0.17^b
Histidine	KE−	1.128 ± 0.02^a	2.443 ± 0.10^a
Histidine	KE+	1.093 ± 0.03^a	2.024 ± 0.09^b
Arginine	KE−	1.820 ± 0.06^b	9.091 ± 0.42^a
Arginine	KE+	2.254 ± 0.12^a	6.867 ± 0.27^b
Proline	KE−	2.746 ± 0.13^b	3.895 ± 0.15^a
Proline	KE+	3.264 ± 0.16^a	0.156 ± 0.04^b