At six weeks after transplanting, plants treated with BC4 isolate showed significantly lower disease incidence
(33%) than that of control (83%). Plants height was not significantly affected by endophytic bacterial treatments.
Based on 16S rRNA sequence, BC4 isolate had 97% similarity with Staphylococcus epidermidis (accession number
EU834240.1), while isolate BL10 had 98% similarity with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain JK-SD002 (accession
number AB547229.1).