TABLE 5.

Isolates positive for all seven tested plant growth promotion traits.

S.No.	Name	PSI	PA	SP	ACC	Cat	IAA (μg/ml)	NF	16S rRNA	Accession No.
1	SUWK1	2.2 ± 0.11	++	+	+++	++	5.4	+	ND	−
2	SUWK7	2.1 ± 0.08	++	++	+++	++	9.4	++	No match	−
3	SUWK16	2.0 ± 0.06	++	++	+++	+	5.3	+	Stenotrophomonas	PP430630
4	SUWK24	2.0 ± 0.03	+	++	++	+	3.7	+	ND	−
5	SUWK29	2.5 ± 0.12	++	++	++	+	11.8	++	ND	−
6	SUWK34	2.0 ± 0.03	++	+	++	++	15.9	++	No match	−
7	SUWK47	2.3 ± 0.06	+++	++	++++	+++	7.2	+++	Chryseobacterium	PP430633
8	SUWK49	2.0 ± 0.03	++	+	+++	+++	7.6	+++	ND	−
9	SUWK50	2.0 ± 0.03	++	+	++	+	9.7	++	No match	−
10	SUWK55	2.1 ± 0.05	+	++	++	+	5.8	+	ND	−

‘−’ negative/absent, ‘+’ mild positive/present, ‘++’ moderately positive, ‘+++’ strongly positive, SP, siderophore production; PSI, phosphate solubilization index; IAA, Indole Acetic Acid production (μg/mL); ACC, ACC deaminase activity; PA, protease activity; Cat, catalase production; NF, nitrogen fixation; ND, not done.