Table 4:

Biochemical tests of selected endophytic bacterial isolates.

Biochemical tests	Isolates
	UT3R1	C2HL2	C7HL1	C34MR1
Catalase	+	+	+	+
Indole production	−	−	−	−
MR	−	−	+	−
Motility	−	−	+	−
Oxidase	+	+	+	+
Starch hydrolysis	−	−	−	−
VP	−	−	+	−
Urease	+	−	+	−
Citrate	−	−	+	−
Carbon source utilisation:
Mannitol	−	+	−	−
Rhamnose	−	+	+	+
Arabinose	−	+	+	+
Glucose	−	+	+	+

Notes: For biochemical tests: (+) = positive reaction; (−) = negative reaction

For carbon source utilization: (+) = presence of growth; (−) = absence of growth