Table 2.
Enzyme activities of three selected bacterial consortia.
| Combination name | Strains | ID of isolates* | Enzyme Activity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pectinase | Xylanase | Cellulase | ||||||
| Zone size (mm) | U/ml | Zone size (mm) | U/ml | Zone size (mm) | U/ml | |||
| C-51 | 5 | 78, 191, 105, 221, 84 | 28.0 | 17.0 | 27.5 | 7.67 | 15.0 | 6.63 |
| C-67 | 6 | 78, 191, 105, 221, 84, 374 | 31.5 | 21.4 | 30.5 | 8.56 | 20.0 | 9.92 |
| C-90 | 7 | 78, 191, 105, 221, 84, 421, 417 | 29.5 | 19.0 | 27.25 | 7.71 | 16.5 | 7.84 |
| LSD (P < 0.05)a | 0.998 | 0.785 | 0.957 | 0.399 | 0.576 | 0.551 | ||
| Coefficient of Variation (%) | 1.95 | 1.81 | 1.93 | 2.21 | 1.94 | 2.98 | ||
aLeast significant difference; *Details are given in Supplementary Table 3.