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Table 1 Numbers and generic identification of the actinobacteria isolated from six wild medicinal plant species (F. Compositae) in South Sinai, Egypt

From: Endophytic actinobacteria from wild medicinal plants are a natural source of insecticide to control the African cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis)

Genus of Actinobacteria

Host plant, “common name” and Latin name

“White wormwood” Artemisia herba-alba Asso

“Chicory” Scariola orientalis (Boiss.)

“Sinai tansy” Tanacetum sinaicum (Fresen.)

“Judean Wormwood” Artemisia judaica L

“Lavender Cotton” Achillea fragrantissima (Forssk.)

"Globe Thistle” Echinops spinosus L

Streptomyces spp.

21 strains, 30%

5 strains, 7.1%

2 strains, 2.9%

5 strains, 7.1%

2 strains, 2.9%

2 strains, 2.9%

Nocardiopsis spp.

5 strains, 7.1%

 

1 strain, 1.4%

1 strain, 1.4%

  

Nocardioides spp.

16 strains, 22.9%

1 strain, 1.4%

 

1 strain, 1.4%

1 strain, 1.4%

 

Pseudonocardia sp.

1 strain, 1.4%

     

Nocardia sp.

1 strain, 1.4%

     

Kibdellosporangium sp.

    

1 strain, 1.4%

 

Promicromonospora sp.

   

1 strain, 1.4%

  

Unknown spp.

2 strains, 2.9%

1 strain, 1.4%

    

Total %

65.7%

9.9%

4.3%

11.3%

5.7%

2.9%

  1. (%) indicates percentage of genus recovery from each plant