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Table 1.

Genus/species of actinobacteria isolated from seagrasses between 2012 and 2020

Genus/species	Family	Seagrass species and nature of sample	Bioactivity	Country	Reference
Streptomyces spp., Micromonospora spp., Verrucosispora (Micromonospora) sp., Saccharomonospora spp., Actinomycetospora sp., Microbacterium sp., Mycobacterium spp., Nonomuraea sp., Nocardiopsis sp., and Glycomyces sp.	Streptomycetaceae, Micromonosporaceae, Pseudonocardiaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Mycobacteriaceae, Streptosporangiaceae, Nocardiopsidaceae, and Glycomycetaceae	Thalassia hemprichii (whole plant)	Contain nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) genes (antibacterial activity)	China	[52]
Streptomyces spp.	Streptomycetaceae	Syringodium isoetifolium (leaves and roots)	Antibacterial activity	India	[53]
Saccharomonospora sp., Kocuria sp.	Pseudonocardiaceae, Micrococcaceae	Cymodocea serrulate (roots)	Phosphate solubilizing, nitrogen-fixing ability, and enzyme activity	Kasuwari Island, India	[54]
Arthrobacter spp.	Micrococcaceae	Zostera marina and Zostera japonica (leaves)	Algicidal activity	Puget Sound, USA	[73]
Kocuria palustris, Kocuria atrinae, Arthrobacter flavus, Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum, Corynebacterium afermentans subsp. afermentans	Micrococcaceae, Ornithinimicrobiaceae, and Corynebacteriaceae	Halodule uninervis (soil and root)	Antifungal activity	Saudi Arabia	[55]
Not available	Cellulomonadaceae, Microbacteriaceae	Halophila ovalis (roots)	No bioactive test performed	Australia	[74]
Streptomyces sp.	Streptomycetaceae	Cymodocea rotundata (whole plant)	Antimicrobial activity	Indonesia	[71]
Streptomyces lienomycini	Streptomycetaceae	Enhalus acoroides (leaves)	Antibacterial activity	Indonesia	[57]
Isoptericola sp., Rhodococcus sp., and Streptomyces spp.	Promicromonosporaceae, Nocardiaceae, and Streptomycetaceae	Zostera marina (leaf and associate sediment)	No bioactive test performed	Bodega Bay, USA	[56]

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