“…Auxin, cytokinin, indole‐3‐acetic acid (IAA) and other indolic compounds referring to simulating plant growth were found in P. polymyxa culture (Lebuhn et al , ; Timmusk et al , ; Phi et al , ). P. polymyxa strains are also known to produce several antibiotics and hydrolytic enzymes, including polymyxins, fusaricidins, colistin, proteases, β ‐1,3‐glucanases, cellulases, xylanase, chitinases and so on, which play important roles in the biocontrol of plant pathogens (Parry et al , ; Beatty & Jensen, ; He et al , ; Li & Jensen, ; Raza et al , ; Ariza et al , ; Naghmouchi et al , ). Some strains of P. polymyxa were capable to colonise host root tips and form robust biofilms (Timmusk et al , ) as well as change plant defence‐related gene expression (Timmusk & Wagner, ).…”