Endophytes Crop Productivity and Protection Volume 2 (Sustainable Development and Biodiversity)

Table 6.1 List of bacterial endophytes isolated from prominent forest tree species and their
beneficial effects on host trees

Host plant Bacterial

endophytes

Benefits to host References

Australian native

pine (Callitris

preissii)

Nocardia callitridis

sp. nov. strain CAP

290 T

• Kaewkla and Franco
  ( 2010 )

Black cottonwood

(Populus

trichocarpa)

Burkholderia

vietnamiensisWPB

Nitrogenase activity,

production of

indole-3-acetic acid

(IAA)

Doty et al. ( 2009 ),

Knoth et al. ( 2014 ),

Xin et al. ( 2009 )

Willow (Salix

sitchensis)

Herbaspirillum

sp. WW2 and

Pseudomonas

sp. H9zhy (WW6)

Nitrogenfixation Doty et al. ( 2009 )

Douglas-fir

(Pseudotsuga

menziesii)

Rhodotorula

graminisWP1,

Rahnellasp. WP5,

Burkholderia

sp. WP9,

Acinetobacter

calcoaceticus

WP19,Rhizobium

tropicibvpopulus

PTD1,

Sphingomonas

yanoikuyaeWW5,

Pseudomonas

putidaWW6,

Sphingomonas

sp. WW7

Increases biomass,

root length and

shoot height

Khan et al. ( 2015 )

Hybrid spruce

(Picea glaucax

P. engelmannii)

Bacillus polymyxa

strain Pw-2R and

Pseudomonas

fluorescensstrains

Sm3-RN and

Ss2-RN

Boosts seedling

biomass and height

Chanway et al.

( 2000 ), Shishido

et al. (1996a,b,

1999 ), Shishido and

Chanway ( 1999 ,

2000 )

Limber pine (Pinus

flexilis)

Acetic Acid

Bacteria (AAB)

Nitrogenfixation Moyes et al. ( 2016 )

Live oaks (Quercus

fusiformis)

Pseudomonas

denitrificans1-15,

Pseudomonas

putida5-48

In vitro inhibition of

the pathogen,

Ceratocystis

fagacearum, reduces

crown loss

Brooks et al. ( 1994 )

Lodgepole pine

(Pinus contortavar.

latifolia(Dougl.)

Engelm.)

Bacillus polymyxa

strain Pw-2 (or

Pw-2R)

Enhances seedling

biomass, produces

phytohormones

(IAA and cytokinin)

Bent et al. ( 2001 ),

Shishido et al.

( 1995 ,1996a)

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