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Table 2.

EPS and D-GA assessment in relation to bacterial growth.

	Bacterial Population Log CFU/mL ¹	EPS (µg/mL)	D-GA (10⁻³ µg/mL)
1/2 TSB cultures
A26	9.00 ± 0.4 ^a	11 ± 2 ^a	0.3 ± 0.03 ^a
A26SN	8.69 ± 0.37 ^a	14 ± 2.1 ^b	0.4 ± 0.04 ^b
A26Sfp	9.0 ± 0.4 ^a	14.5 ± 2.3 ^b	0.7 ± 0.07 ^c
A26SfpSN	8.89 ± 0.4 ^a	18 ± 2.4 ^c	0.9 ± 0.08 ^d
Hydroponic culture
A26	3.15 ± 0.15 ^b	10 ± 1.5 ^a	0.3 ± 0.07 ^a
A26SN	3.09 ± 0.17 ^b	14.8 ± 1.1 ^b	0.5 ± 0.08 ^b
A26Sfp	3.08 ± 0.13 ^b	14.6 ± 1.3 ^b	0.8 ± 0.8 ^c
A26SfpSN	3.02 ± 0.15 ^b	18 ± 1.9 ^c	1.17 ± 0.2 ^d
Root wash Control	1.19 ± 0.11 ^a	0.08 ± 0.16 ^d	0.05 ± 0.01 ^e
Peat soil
A26	3.02 ± 0.15 ^b	ND	ND
A26SN	3.07 ± 0.13 ^b	ND	ND
A26Sfp	3.09 ± 0.17 ^b	ND	ND
A26SfpSN	3.11 ± 0.13 ^b	ND	ND

¹ The bacteria were re-isolated and confirmed by PCR [14,32]. ^a,b,c,d,e Different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). See Section 4.