Table 2.
16S rRNA gene based molecular identity of isolated tea rhizobacteria, their sequence accession numbers and their isolation sites.
| Serial number | Strain name | Accession number | Base pair length | Nearest neighbor and % identity from NCBI with Accession number | Isolation source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AB200 | MT436081 | 1,321 | Arthrobacter sp. 690 (99.7%) (EU086821) | Long view tea estate |
| 2 | AB201 | MT436082 | 1,427 | Exiguobacterium mexicanum (100%) (CP040676) | Maharani tea estate |
| 3 | AB203 | MT436083 | 1,353 | Leifsonia lichenia (98.37%) (H432650) | Happy Valley Tea estate |
| 4 | AB209 | MT436084 | 1,415 | Bacillus niacini (98.23%) (MF177863) | Maharani tea estate |
| 5 | AB212 | MT436085 | 1,401 | Staphylococcus pasteuri (99.79%) (MT072161) | Long view tea estate |
| 6 | AB214 | MT436086 | 1,414 | Bacillus nakamurai (99.93%) (MH057388) | Barnesbeg tea estate |
| 7 | AB228 | MT436087 | 1,416 | Bacillus atrophaeus (98.45%) (KP209406) | Makai Bari Tea estate |
| 8 | AB230 | MT436088 | 1,399 | Bacillus velezensis (99.93%) (MT378136) | Maharani tea estate |
| 9 | AB233 | MT436089 | 1,417 | Bacillus sp. (99.72%) (KP217809) | Rohini Tea estate |
| 10 | AB236 | MT436090 | 1,413 | Bacillus cereus (99.65%) (KU922345) | Tukvar tea estate |
| 11 | AB237 | MT436091 | 1,349 | Bacillus velezensis (100%) (MH157241) | Makai Bari Tea estate |
| 12 | AB242 | MT436092 | 1,410 | Bacillus altitudinis (100%) (KX344022) | Barnesbeg tea estate |
| 13 | AB246 | MT436093 | 1,405 | Bacillus wiedmannii (99.86%) (LC515603) | Maharani tea estate |
| 14 | AB255 | MT436094 | 1,413 | Bacillus flexus (100%) (MH542283) | Happy Valley Tea estate |
| 15 | AB266 | MT436095 | 1,349 | Pseudomonas stutzeri (99.33%) (MN932299) | Barnesbeg tea estate |
| 16 | AB267 | MT436096 | 1,411 | Bacillus subtilis (99.86%) (LC040931) | Tukvar tea estate |
| 17 | AB276 | MT436097 | 1,359 | Bacillus pumilus (100%) (MK603127) | Long view tea estate |
| 18 | AB285 | MT436098 | 1,255 | Ochrobactrum anthropi (100%) (MT093466) | Rohini Tea estate |
| 19 | AB286 | MT436099 | 1,346 | Ochrobactrum haematophilum (100%) (MH236269) | Makai Bari Tea estate |
| 20 | AB304 | MT436100 | 1,355 | Bacillus nitratireducens (100%) (MT341781) | Long view tea estate |
| 21 | AB312 | MT436101 | 1,390 | Staphylococcus cohnii (97.88%) (MN581170) | Makai Bari Tea estate |
| 22 | AB320 | MT436102 | 1,332 | Bacillus megaterium (99.92%) (CP010586) | Rohini Tea estate |
| 23 | AB321 | MT436103 | 1,366 | Micrococcus luteus (99.93%) (AB539843) | Barnesbeg tea estate |
| 24 | AB328 | MT436104 | 1,419 | Staphylococcus gallinarum (100%) (MK015788) | Barnesbeg tea estate |
| 25 | AB330 | MT436105 | 1,401 | Bacillus paralicheniformis (100%) (MG780252) | Maharani tea estate |
| 26 | AB331 | MT436106 | 1,255 | Staphylococcus edaphicus (100%) (MT269536) | Tukvar tea estate |
| 27 | AB332 | MT436107 | 1,362 | Lysinibacillus fusiformis (98.07%) (LT547806) | Happy Valley Tea estate |
| 28 | AB336 | MT436108 | 1,400 | Staphylococcus haemolyticus (100%) (MN581168) | Rohini Tea estate |
| 29 | AB341 | MT436109 | 1,373 | Bacillus thuringiensis (99.56%) (MN911366) | Makai Bari Tea estate |
| 30 | AB345 | MT436110 | 1,296 | Ochrobactrum sp. (98.84%) (KY678891) | Maharani tea estate |