FIGURE 7.

Endophytic colonization of A. baldaniorum and derivative strains: A. baldaniorum –GFP-Gm^R, WT strain, A. baldaniorum 59C-GFP-Gm^R, mutant strain, and A. baldaniorum 2A65-GFP-Gm^R, Km^R, complemented strain. Bar plots representing the mean and standard error of colony-forming units recovered per gram of wheat root after surface-sterilization (endophytic bacteria). The data was obtained from three independent experiments. The mean of WT and the 59C mutant strain assay was compared with a Student’s t-test and was significantly different with a P-value = 0.004011 and indicated with asterisks.