TABLE 3.

Mitigation of drought stress through EPSs produced by PGPR.

Soil microbe/Strain	Plant species	Effect under drought	References
P. putida GAP-P45	Sunflower	Alleviation of drought stress and exopolysaccharide production	Sandhya et al., 2009
P. putida GAP-P45	Maize	Improve water holding capacity and exopolysaccharide production	Sandhya and Ali, 2015
Proteus penneri (Pp1), P. aeruginosa (Pa2), Alcaligenes faecalis (AF3)	Maize	Improve EPS production, leaf area, and plant biomass	Naseem et al., 2018
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens HYD-B17, Bacillus licheniformis HYTAPB18, B. subtilis RMPB44	Arabidopsis	Enhanced EPS production under drought	Vardharajula and Ali Sk, 2014
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42	Arabidopsis	Exopolysaccharide production and induce systemic drought tolerance	Lu et al., 2018
B. methylotrophicus 5.18	Sunflower	Enhanced EPS production along with other drought tolerance traits	Namwongsa et al., 2019
P. chinense P1 B. cereus P2	Wheat	Improved production of EPS, enhanced plant growth, and drought tolerance	Khan and Bano, 2019
P. aeruginosa ZNP1 B. endophyticus J13	Arabidopsis	Exhibited increased EPS production under osmotic stress	Ghosh et al., 2019