Table 1 Putative endophytic Bacillus spp. strains tested and their isolation sources and geographical origins

SV39

Bacillus tequilensis

KR818070

Datura metel

Chott-Mariem, Sousse, Tunisia

N35°56′20.451''; E10°33′32.028''

SV41

B. subtilis

KR818071

D. metel

Chott-Mariem, Sousse, Tunisia

N35°56′20.451''; E10°33′32.028''

SV44

B. methylotrophicus

KR818072

D. metel

Chott-Mariem, Sousse, Tunisia

N35°56′20.451''; E10°33′32.028''

SV65

B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum

KR818073

Solanum nigrum

Chott-Mariem, Sousse, Tunisia

N35°56′20.451''; E10°33′32.028''

SV104

B. tequilensis

KU976970

S. elaeagnifolium

M’saken, Sousse, Tunisia

N35°43′32.073''; E10°34′48.90''

S42

B. cereus

KP993206

Nicotiana glauca

Bekalta, Mahdia, Tunisia

N35°37′14,327''; E10°59′41,393''