Table 3.

Epiphytic bacteria isolated from no-treated and treated lettuce leaves and identified by 16S rRNA sequencing.

Taxonomic affiliation		Morphotype	Biostimulant				T-RF (bp)
Family	Genus		No-treated	PE	PH	Cu-PH	SspI	AvrII
Enterobacteriaceae	Pantoea	C1	-	+	+	-	355	259
	Enterobacter	C4	-	+	+	-	355	259
		C6	-	-	+	-	355	259
Bacillaceae	Exiguobacterium	F11	+	+	+	-	No cut
		F15	-	-	+	-	No cut
		C2	+	+	+	-	No cut
	Bacillus	C5a	-	-	+	-	174	No cut
		C5b	-	+	-	-	174	No cut
		F12	-	-	-	+	No cut
		F13	-	+	+	+	No cut
		F14	+	-	-	-	No cut
Pseudomonadaceae	Pseudomonas	C3	+	+	+	+	351	107
		C7	+	+	+	+	351	107
		F1G	-	+	+	-	354	107
		F4	-	+	+	-	354	107
		F5	+	-	+	+	351	107
		F9	-	-	+	-	354	218
		F16	+	+	-	-	351	218
Moraxellaceae	Acinetobacter	F2	-	-	+	+	351	No cut
		F7	-	+	-	-	351	No cut
Sphingobacteriaceae	Sphingobacterium	F8	-	-	-	+	361	No cut
Micrococcaceae	Micrococcus	F3	-	-	-	+	351	No cut
		F10	-	-	-	+	351	No cut

(+) = present; (-) = absent/no-detectable.