Table 1.

In vitro characterization of rhizospheric bacteria on the basis of plant growth promotion attributes exhibited by selected isolates

Culture Code	Phosphate	Siderophore	Ammonia	HCN	ACC deaminase	Antifungal activity
						Sporisorium scitamineum	Ceratocystis paradoxa
CoY3	+	–	+++	–	–	+	+
CoY7	+	–	++	–	+	++	–
CoY8	–	–	++	+	–	–	++
CoA1	+	–	++	–	–	–	+
CoA10	+++	–	–	–	–	++	–
AY6	++	+++	–	++	+	++	–
AY7	+++	++	–	–	+	–	+++
AY8	–	++	++	–	–	–	–
AN8	+++	+++	–	++	+	–	+
AN11	++	+++	–	–	–	–	+++
AN12	++	+++	–	–	–	–	++
BN5	++	–	–	–	–	–	–
CY5	++	++	++	–	+	++	++
CY9	++	–	++	–	–	++	–
CY10	++	–	++	–	+	++	–
CY11	–	–	++	–	+	+	+
CA1	++	+++	++	+++	+	++	+
CA6	++	–	+++	–	–	–	+
CA8	–	+++	–	–	+	–	–
CN13	++	–	++	–	–	–	–
CN14	++	–	++	–	+	–	+
N1	++	++	–	–	–	–	++

(+) = low activity; (++) = moderate activity; (+++) = strong activity; (−) = no activity