Table 1.

The molecular and functional characterization of selected plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial isolates from chickpea (Cicer arietinum) plants

Strains	Closest species	Accession number	IAA production (µg/ml)	Phosphate solubilization (mg Soluble P/L)	ACC deaminase activity (nmol α-ketobutyrate mg protein−1 h−1)
AU-1	Azotobacter chroococcum group	MK780064	23	78 ± 2.16	941.496 ± 8.50
AU-2	Bacillus subtilis group	KX610178	35.34	82 ± 1.63	1710 ± 6.89
AU-3	Pseudomonas aeruginosa group	KX610179	25.34	87.34 ± 1.69	1607 ± 9.19
AU-4	Bacillus pumilus group	KX610180	30.67	87.67 ± 1.68	933.539 ± 4.64

All strains were producing siderophore and ammonia but not able to produce HCN