Table 3.

Effect of Incubation Temperature and Inoculum Concentrations of the Bacterial Isolate B2-5 on Selected Enzyme Activities

Enzyme	Inoculum conc. (CFU/mL)	Degree of enzyme activity1) at
		21°C	25°C	28°C
Starch hydrolysis	106	+	+	+
	108	±	+	+
Cellulase	106	±	±	±
	108	±	±	±
Hemicellulase	106	++	++	++
	108	++	++	++
Pectinase	106	−	−	−
	108	−	−	−

Note. Data from “Involvement of growth-promoting rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa in root rot of stored Korean ginseng,” by Y.H. Jeon, S.P. Chang, I. Hwang, and Y.H. Kim, 2003, J Microbiol Biotechnol, 13, p. 881–91. Copyright 2003, Metadata. Reprinted with permission.

¹⁾Size of halos formed around bacterial colonies on agar (degree of enzyme activity): ++, larger than 5 mm (highly active); +, 3–5 mm (medially active); ±, 1–3 mm (weakly active); and −, no halo formed (not active) [30].