Table 2.

Plant growth-promoting microorganisms encapsulated in alginate-based formulations to increase microbial viability and efficacy tested in different plants and vegetables.

Microorganism	Formulation Material	Plant	Reference
Azospirillum brasilense	Alginate and skimmed milk	Wheat	[81]
	Alginate	Tomate	[82]
	Alginate	Desert trees	[83]
	Alginate and starch	In vitro	[84]
Azospirillum lipoferum	Alginate	Corn	[85]
	Alginate and humic acid	Rice	[86]
Azospirillum sp. and Methylobacterium sp.	Alginate	Tomato	[87]
A. brasilense and Bacillus pumilus	Alginate	Legume trees	[88]
A. brasilense and Chlorella sorokiniana	Alginate	Tomato	[89]
	Alginate	Sorghum	[83]
A. brasilense and Pantoea dispersa	Alginate and organic olive waste	Pinus halepensis	[90]
A. brasilense and P. fluorescens	Alginate	In vitro	[91]
	Alginate and skimmed milk	Wheat	[92]
A. lipoferum, Bacillus polymyxa, and Nostoc muscorum	Alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose, and talc	Bread wheat	[93]
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria	Alginate y maltodextrin	In vitro	[94]
Bacillus megaterium	Alginate	Corn	[95]
	Alginate and humic acid	Rice	[96]
Bacillus subtilis	Alginate and pea protein	Brachypodium distachyon and Phleum pretense	[97]
	Alginate and jelly	In vitro	[98]
	Alginate and humic acid	Lettuce	[99]
Beauveria bassiana	Alginate and wheat bran	Cattle pasture	[100]
B. subtilis and Pseudomonas corrugata	Alginate	Wheat	[101]
	Alginate and skimmed milk	Corn	[102]
Enterobacter sp.	Alginate and skimmed milk	Lettuce	[103]
Glomus desertícola (AM mycorrhizae)	Alginate	Tomato	[104]
Klebsiella oxytoca	Alginate	Cotton seeds	[105]
Methylobacterium oryzae, Methylobacterium suomiense y Azospirillum brasilense	Alginate	Tomato	[87]
Pantoea agglomerans	Alginate, glycerol, and chitin	In vitro	[106]
Pseudomonas sp.	Alginate and attapulgite	In vitro	[107]
Pseudomonas fluorescens	Alginate, skimmed milk, and clay	Wheat	[108]
	Alginate	Sugar cane	[109]
	Alginate	Corn	[110]
Pseudomonas plecoglossicida	Alginate	Potato	[111]
Pseudomonas putida	Alginate	Corn	[112]
Pseudomonas striata	Alginate	In vitro	[113]
Pseudomonas putida y B. subtilis	Alginate and humic acid	Lettuce	[114]
Raoultella planticola	Alginate and bentonite	In vitro	[115]
	Alginate, chitin and bran	Cotton	[116]
Raoultella terrigena	Alginate and starch	In vitro	[84]
Rhizobium spp.	Alginate	Leucaena leucocephala	[117]
Serratia marcescens	Alginate	Corn	[118]
Streptomyces sp.	Alginate, starch, and talc	Tomato	[119]
Trichoderma asperellum	Alginate	In vitro	[120]
Trichoderma harzianum	Alginate and chitosan	In vitro	[121]
Trichoderma viride	Chitosan and alginate	In vitro	[122]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Alginate	Bean	[123]