Table 4.

Effect of bacterially produced biopolymers on osmotic properties and WHC. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).

	Fold Change	Strain	Osmolarity mOsm/kg	WHC%	EPS D-GA ** (E-03 µg/mL)
Plant Dry Weight Improvement under Drought Stress *	2	A26	285 ± 13 a	42 ± 3 a	0.3 ± 0.07 a
	2.7	A26SN	299 ± 10 b	48 ± 3 b	0.5 ± 0.08 b
	3.3	A26Sfp	325 ± 15 c	59 ± 3 c	0.8 ± 0.07 c
	4.6	A26SfpSN	347 ± 13 d	71 ± 3 d	1.17 ± 0.2 d

* See Figure 1 and Section 4. ** data for hydroponic culture are presented.