Table 3.
Biological activities of the isolated bacteria from humus and IMOs.
| Strains | Biological activity |
Antifungal activity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram staining | Siderophore production | Phosphate solubilization | Starch Hydrolysis | F. oxysporum | S. sclerotium | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (KACC 11085) | + | + | + | + | ++a | ++ |
| Bacillus-CCJ74 | + | + | + | + | ++ | +++ |
| Bacillus-CCJ617 | + | + | + | + | ++ | − |
| Bacillus-CCJ83 | + | + | − | − | + | − |
| Bacillus-CCJ73 | + | + | + | − | ++ | +++ |
| Bacillus-CCJ822 | + | + | + | + | ++ | − |
| Bacillus-CCJHP43 | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| Pseudomonas-CCJ18 | + | + | + | + | ++ | ++ |
| Pseudomonas-CCJ20A | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Pseudomonas-CCJ18B | + | + | − | − | + | − |
| Bacillus-CCJH38 | + | + | + | + | +++ | + |
| Bacillus-CCJHP38 | − | − | + | − | + | − |
| Bacillus-CCJHP25 | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| Bacillus-CCJHP381 | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Bacillus-CCJIMT213 | + | − | − | + | − | − |
| Micrococcus-CCJHP47 | ±b | + | ± | ± | +++ | +++ |
| Methylobacterium-CCJHP433 | ± | ± | ± | ± | ++ | ++ |
aInhibition zone of above 1 cm was considered as strong (+++) superscript; around 1 cm was moderate (++), 0.5 cm was good (+) and non inhibition zone was (−), respectively; bNot clear to determine.