“…In the absence of positive nodulation tests, they can be regarded as non-rhizobial endophytes (NRE). These include i.a., Alphaproteobacteria (Aminobacter (Estrella et al, 2009), Ochrobactrum (Zurdo-Pineiro et al, 2007Imran et al, 2010), Methylobacterium (Palaniappan et al, 2010), Devosia (Bautista et al, 2010) and Phyllobacterium (Mantelin et al, 2006)), Betaproteobacteria (Herbaspirillum (Valverde et al, 2003) and Shinella (Lin et al, 2008)), Gammaproteobacteria (Pantoea, Enterobacter and Pseudomonas (Benhizia et al, 2004;Ibañez et al ., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 R-40421, R-45534, R-45535, R-45537, R-45540, R-45543, 23,30,161,170,188,303,362,375,376,377,378,380,420,421,422,423,424,425,432,…”