Table 1.

Colony morphology of microbes and their enzyme characterization

Microorganisms	Colony morphology								Phytase characteristics
	Shape	Size	Margin	Color	Surface texture	Elevation	Consistency	Opacity	Diameter of zone of phytate utilization (mm)	Molecular mass of phytase (kDa)
Streptococcus thermophilus	Round	Small	Entire	Yellowish	Smooth	Raised	Creamy	Opaque	26 ± 1	43
Sporosarcina pasteurii	Round	Medium	Entire	White	Glistening	Convex	Creamy	Opaque	21 ± 1	42.6
Sporosarcina globiospora	Round	Medium	Entire	White	Smooth	Convex	Creamy	Opaque	23 ± 1	42
Sporosarcina psychrophila	Round	Medium	Entire	White	Smooth	Convex	Dry	Translucent	18 ± 1	41.5
Saccharomyces boulardii	Irregular	Medium	Wavy	Creamy	Smooth	Raised	Wrinkled	Opaque	20 ± 1	41

The experiments were performed in triplicates, average reading was used for interpretation; ‘±’ denotes the standard deviation