Table 1.
Species of epiphytic (Ep) or endophytic (En) lactic acid bacteria isolated from leaves (L), stems (S), and flowers (F) of Origanum vulgare L. plant during the early vegetative (I), late vegetative (II), blooming (III), and full flowering (IV) stages.
| Closest relative and identity (%)a/number of strains | Source of isolationb | Accession number NCBI RefSeq database (number of cluster)c | Accession number EZ-TAXON data base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lactobacillus plantarum (99–100%)/11 | EpLI; EpSI; EnLI; EnLII; EnSII; EpLIII; EpSIII; EpFIII; EnLIII; EnSIII; EnFIII; EnLIV; EnSIV; EnFIV | KT626386.1 (1); KJ187149.1 (4-17-19); KJ187148.1 (5); KJ187133.1 (6-15); JN851776.1 (7); AB598965.1 (8); KJ187143.1 (9); LC119064.1 (12) | ACGZ01000098 |
| Enterococcus mundtii (99–100%)/5 | EpSI (NC); EpLIII; EnLIII; EpLIV; EpSIV; EnSIV (NC); EpFIV | KR078353.1 (NC); KT723002.1 (21); KX156237.1 (14); KT765838.1 (11); KR078353.1 (NC) | JXKV01000056 |
| Lactobacillus rossiae (100%)/ 2 | EpLII; EpSII | KP742816.1 (18); KJ187180.1 (20) | AKZK01000036 |
| Enterococcus faecium (100%)/ 2 | EpLI; EnSIII; EnLIV | KT626392.1 (3); KT626401.1 (16) | AJKH01000109 |
| Leuconostoc citreum (99-100%)/ 1 | EnLI | KT968364.1 (2) | AF111948 |
| Lactococcus lactis (99%)/ 1 | EpLIV; EpSIV | JN863615.1 (10) | BALX01000047 |
| Lactobacillus graminis (99%) / 1 | EpFIV | LC097076.1 (13) | AYZB01000012 |
aSpecies showing the highest identity (%) to the strain isolated from different plant organs. The percentage of identity was that shown by performing multiple sequence alignments in BLAST. Identification was carried out by 16S rRNA, recA, or pheS gene sequencing. bSource of isolation are described in Section “Materials and Methods” and Supplementary Figure S4. cNumbers of RAPD-PCR clusters. NC, not clustered.