Table 2. Higher salt concentration tolerance and PGPR activities of halotolerant bacterial strains.

Bacterial Strains	Growth at 20% NaCl	Siderophore Production (SI)	ACC deaminase activity	IAA
SRM-3	+	_	+	+
SRM-9	+	2.36	+	+
SRM-16	+	3.11	+	+
SRM-20	+	_	+	+

Plant growth promoting traits; + (plus) indicates presence;—(minus) indicates absence of respective traits tested