Table 5. Colonization of C. oleifera after a single inoculation with B. subtilis strain 1-L-29gfp^r.

Treatments	Day post-inoculation	Colonization (103 CFU/g)
		Root	Stem	Leaf
1-L-29gfpr	0	17.8 ± 0.97 a	0 ± 0 f	0 ± 0 h
	1	11.97 ± 0.39 b	6.01 ± 0.17 a	3.06 ± 0.09 a
	3	8.62 ± 0.37 c	2.33 ± 0.13 b	1.32 ± 0.06 b
	5	5 ± 0.73 d	1.3 ± 0.19 c	0.83 ± 0.07 c
	7	2.16 ± 0.31 e	0.66 ± 0.08 d	0.5 ± 0.03 d
	10	1.9 ± 0.04 ef	0.35± 0.06 df	0.34 ± 0.06 e
	15	1.42 ± 0.09 efg	0.21± 0.03 df	0.25 ± 0.05 f
	20	1.18 ± 0.03 fg	0.13± 0.05 df	0.16 ± 0.02 g
	25	0.73 ± 0.03 g	0.11± 0.05 df	0.14 ± 0.02 g
	30	0.64 ± 0.04 g	0.1 ± 0.05 df	0.13 ± 0.02 g
Positive control	0–30	-	-	-
Negative control	0–30	-	-	-

Positive controls were soaked in the 1-L-29 bacterial suspension; Negative controls were soaked in distilled water. -, no bacteria. Data shown are mean ± standard error of three replicates. Different lowercase letters within the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).