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Table 3 Tolerances of the GMR and the reference B. japonicum (TAL379) against various stresses

From: Inoculation of native symbiotic effective Sinorhizobium spp. enhanced soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] grain yield in Ethiopia

Stress

Fast growing

Slow growing

GMR

13

GMR

45

GMR

55

GMR

57

GMR

79

GMR

102

GMR

114

GMR

120B

GMR

120C

GMR

125B

GMR

46

GMR

75

TAL

379

%NaCl* (w/v)

6

5

4

2

4

4

1.5

6

6

6

0.5

1.5

3

1Temperature (°C)

45

37

40

40

40

40

40

40

45

40

37

40

37

2pH

5.5

5

5.5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5

Antibiotics (µg mL−1)

Ampicillin (200)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Chloramphenicol (25)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Gentamycin (20)

+

+

+

+

Naldixic acid (100)

+

+

+

+

+

Penicillin G (200)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Streptomycin—sulfate (10)

+

+

+

+

Tetracycline (10)

+

+

+

+

+

+

Vancomycin (15)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Erythromycine (100)

Cifroflaxin (10)

+

+

+

Heavy metals (mM)

CoCl2.6H2O(0.5)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

K2Cr2O7 (0.25)

+

+

+

CuCl2.2H2O(0.25)

+

+

Agrochemicals

Mancozeb (2 g L−1)

+

+

+

+

Curzet (2 g L−1)

Glyphosate (1444 µg mL1)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

  1. 1 represents highest growth values; 2 represents lowest growth value; “+” stands for the presence of growth and “–” stands for the absence of growth in response to the stresses