Table 1. Morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of isolated bacterial strains.

S.NO	Reaction	Test	Bacillus Megaterium	Bacillus Thuringiensis	Bacillus subtilis
1	CS	COLONY SHAPE	Rod	Irregular	Rod
2	CM	CELL MOTILITY	Motile	Motile	Motile
3	GS	GRAM STAINING	+	+	+
4	OXID	OXIDASE	+	+	+
5	CAT	CATALASE	+	+	+
6	ONPG	ORTHO NITRO PHENYL GALACTOPYRANOSIDE	+	+	+
7	CIT	SODIUM CITRATE	-	+	-
8	MALO	SODIUM MELONATE	-	-	+
9	LDC	LYSINE DECASE	+	+	+
10	ADH	ARGININE DIHYDROLASE	-	-	-
11	ODC	ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE	-	+	+
12	H2S	H2S PRODUCTION	-	+	+
13	UREA	UREA HYDROLYSIS	+	+	-
14	TDA	TRYPHTOPHANE DEAMINASE	+	-	-
15	IND	INDOLE	-	+	+
16	VP	VOGES PROSKAUER	-	-	-
17	GEL	GELATIN HYDROLYSIS	+	-	-
18	GLU	ACID FROM GLUCOSE	+	+	+
19	NO3/N2		+	+	+
20	MALT	ACID FROM MALTOSE	+	+
21	SUC	ACID FROM SUCROSE	+	+	+
22	MANN	ACID FROM MANNOSE	-	-	+
23	ARAB	ACID FROM ARABINOSE	+	-	+
24	RHAM	ACID FROM RHAMNOSE	+	+
25	SORB	ACID FROM SORBITOL	-	-
26	INOS	ACID FROM INOSITOL	-	+
27	ADO	ACID FROM ADONITOL	-	-
28	MEL	ACID FROM MELIBIOSE	+	+
29	RAF	ACID FROM RAFFINOSE	-	-

+ Present,—Absent