“…Specifically, microorganisms secreting the enzyme 1aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase convert ACC to ammonia and α-ketobutyrate, thus lowering ethylene levels and promoting growth in stressed plants (Glick et al, 2007). The beneficial effect of ACC-deaminase producers on drought-stressed plants has been documented in multiple crops treated by such diverse rhizobacteria as Bacillus (Lim & Kim, 2013), Variovorax (Dodd, Jiang, Teijeiro, Belimov, & Hartung, 2009), Burkholderia (Naveed et al, 2014), Achromobacter (Mayak et al, 2004), and different species of Pseudomonas (Carlson et al, 2020;Cheng, Park, & Glick, 2007;Niu, Song, Xiao, & Ge, 2018;Zahir, Ghani, Naveed, Nadeem, & Asghar, 2009). This list is by no means exhaustive because studies of this type are numerous and ACC-deaminase is highly prevalent among divergent Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria (Nascimento, Rossi, Soares, McConkey, & Glick, 2014).…”