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Table 1 Distribution of the genera of endophytic bacteria isolated from Brazilian mangrove forests

From: Isolation and enzyme bioprospection of endophytic bacteria associated with plants of Brazilian mangrove ecosystem

Genera

Samplea

Cananéia

Bertioga

A. nitida

R. mangle

A. nitida

R. mangle

Bacillus

5

3

4

2

Enterobacter

-

2

-

-

Pantoea

-

1

-

-

Brevundimonas

1

-

-

-

Microbacterium

1

-

1

-

Chryseobacterium

3

-

-

-

Novosphingobium

1

-

1

1

Xanthomonas

2

-

-

-

Erwinia

-

-

1

-

Alcaligenes

-

-

3

-

Ochrobactrum

-

-

-

3

Curtobacterium

-

-

-

3

Stenotrophomonas

-

-

-

1

Sphingopyxis

-

-

1

-

Diversity parameters b

   

S

6

3

6

5

N

13

6

11

10

D

2.35

1.12

2.08

2.17

H'(loge)

1.74

1.00

1.59

1.69

1-Lambda'

0.84

0.72

0.84

0.89

  1. aNumber of isolates from each plant and sample location.
  2. bDiversity parameters: S, total taxons; N, total individuals; D, species richness (Margalef); H' (loge), Shannon; and 1-λ, Simpson diversity indices for endophytic bacterial communities isolated from A. nitida a nd R. mangle branches sampled in Cananéia and Bertioga, Brazil.