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. 2011 Jan 25;51(1):94–99. doi: 10.1007/s12088-011-0104-7

Table 2.

Activities of fluorescein diacetate, phosphatases and phytase in the rhizosphere soils of soybean as influenced by inoculation of Bacillus

Isolates/Standard Fluorescein diacetate activity Acid phosphatase activity Alkaline phosphatase activity Phytase activity
KHBAR-1 63.74ef 28.54de 52.57def 181.04f
BD-3-1B 102.50a 31.98abc 61.86b 273.47c
BDN-5 67.06def 26.84ef 50.28f 228.31d
KHTH-4-1 94.18ab 31.74abc 53.87b 230.68d
KHBD-6 93.40bc 30.79bcd 59.57bc 284.40c
KHBD-7 85.55c 25.26fg 55.10d 202.77e
KDMR-1-1 74.37d 30.04cd 53.60de 166.43g
KHBD-2-2A 75.47d 27.08ef 58.26c 280.45c
BDKH-3 98.27ab 30.04cd 67.75a 334.43a
BDSD-2-2C 98.83ab 33.28a 68.30a 241.35d
B.amyloliquefaciens 70.16de 32.28ab 69.45a 305.07b
B. cereus 69.94de 31.46abc 53.12def 193.29ef
Uninoculated control 60.65f 23.60g 50.63ef 139.44h
LSD (P = 0.05) 7.99 2.26 2.92 14.12

Different letters represent significant differences (P = 0.05) (DMRT). Bacillus isolates are from different locations with contrasting agricultural management practices. Enzyme activity is expressed as pKat/g soil