Table 4.

Classification of the seven selected strains.

	16S rRNA similarity	ANI (best score)
RHFB	B. frigoritolerans (100%)	B. frigoritolerans (96.95%)
RHF2	B. velezensis (99.87%)	B. subtilis 168 (99.96%)
RHF6	B. velezensis (100%)	B. amyloliquefaciens (99.26%)
RHF12	B. halotolerans (98.51%)	B. halotolerans (98.04%)
RHF15	B. subtilis (100%)	B. gibsonii (99.6%)
RHFS10	B. halotolerans (97.5%)	B. vallismortis (93.48%)
RHFS18	B. amyloliquefaciens (100%)	B. amyloliquefaciens (98.36%)

The 16S rRNA similarity and ANI score against the closest relative identified from the phylogenetic analysis are reported for each isolate.