Table 1.

EPS production in terms of dry weight as well as total carbohydrate (TC) by isolated bacterial strains during solubilization of different insoluble P.

Insoluble P used in NBRIY broth	EPS production by isolated bacterial strains after 48 hours of incubation
	B. tropica P4		B. unamae P9
	Dry wt. (g/l)	TC (g/l)	Dry wt (g/l)	TC (g/l)
TCP	2.75 ± 0.25	0.32 ± 0.04	2.68 ± 0.27	0.28 ± 0.03
JRP	2.82 ± 0.27	0.36 ± 0.03	2.92 ± 0.16	0.40 ± 0.07
PRP	3.22 ± 0.22	0.48 ± 0.06	3.45 ± 0.25	0.45 ± 0.05
URP	4.69 ± 0.17	0.54 ± 0.06	4.34 ± 0.29	0.51 ± 0.06
MRP	5.01 ± 0.29	0.68 ± 0.04	4.86 ± 0.32	0.59 ± 0.04