Table 1.

Quantitative assay of phosphate solubilization and pH changes exhibited by different Bacillus isolates in NBRIP broth

	Phosphate solubilization (μg/ml)					pH of medium
	Days of incubation					Days of incubation
Isolate	3	5	7	11	Mean	3	5	7	11	Mean
MBPSB 5	262.76	411.69	508.41	358.36	385.30	6.71	5.48	5.35	5.03	5.64
MBPSB 12	341.69	572.02	416.38	341.22	417.83	6.19	5.62	4.93	5.38	5.53
MBPSB 29	329.41	607.53	738.02	585.92	565.22	6.52	5.07	4.51	3.89	4.99
MBPSB 37	194.17	297.52	481.27	313.52	321.62	6.28	5.43	5.72	4.96	5.60
MBPSB 69	157.34	221.63	263.71	198.37	210.26	5.84	4.96	4.21	3.92	4.73
MBPSB 124	398.25	806.12	664.49	407.36	569.05	6.58	5.54	5.76	6.15	6.00
MBPSB 147	291.47	572.59	825.03	576.35	566.36	6.47	5.35	4.69	4.84	5.34
MBPSB 164	236.43	519.78	452.64	305.72	378.64	5.92	5.19	5.32	4.97	5.35
MBPSB 194	216.79	380.03	647.84	473.16	429.45	6.03	6.12	5.44	4.89	5.62
MBPSB 207	426.37	864.71	725.61	591.04	651.93	6.39	5.21	4.85	4.21	5.41
MBPSB 219	204.23	415.85	613.37	483.51	429.24	6.14	5.05	5.57	4.73	5.37
MBPSB 259	424.74	529.16	437.58	262.03	367.88	5.88	5.07	4.63	4.85	5.11
Mean	275.13	516.55	564.53	408.05		6.24	5.34	5.08	4.82
Variant	SEm±	CD (P ≤ 0.01)				SEm±	CD (P ≤ 0.01)
Isolate	0.214	0.937				0.064	0.273
Day	0.081	0.348				0.026	0.091
Interaction	0.526	1.563				0.159	0.384