Table 2. Phosphate-Solubilization Activity of Bacterial Isolates and Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs)a.
| MIC (μM) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| isolates | solubilization zone (mm) | P-solubilized in liquid broth (μg mL–1) | pH | benzene hexachloride (BHC) | chlorpyrifos (CP) | dieldrin (DE) | endosulfan (ES) |
| EAM 2 | 13 | 132 ± 7.5 | 5.0 | 100 | 25 | 75 | 50 |
| EAM 3 | 15 | 98 ± 3.4 | 4.5 | 100 | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| EAM 5 | 12 | 110 ± 5.5 | 3.9 | 125 | 125 | 50 | 25 |
| EAM 8 | 15 | 145 ± 4.3 | 3.7 | 150 | 125 | 50 | 25 |
| EAM 10 | 16 | 212 ± 7.1 | 4.2 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 50 |
| EAM 11 | 16 | 87 ± 4.2 | 5.2 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| EAM 14 | 17 | 92 ± 3.7 | 5.5 | 100 | 125 | 100 | 50 |
| EAM 16 | 15 | 127 ± 6.5 | 6.0 | 100 | 125 | 100 | 50 |
| EAM 20 | 15 | 219 ± 9.2 | 4.0 | 50 | 150 | 100 | 50 |
| EAM 24 | 16 | 139 ± 5.2 | 5.0 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 50 |
| EAM 25 | 13 | 116 ± 00 | 5.0 | 75 | 150 | 75 | 75 |
| EAM 27 | 14 | 215 ±6.2 | 5.0 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 100 |
| EAM 29 | 12 | 187 ± 4.9 | 4.5 | 125 | 100 | 50 | 75 |
| EAM 30 | 17 | 213 ± 8.3 | 4.5 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 75 |
| EAM 32 | 12 | 156 ± 7.2 | 4.0 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 50 |
| EAM 33 | 12 | 118 ± 5.5 | 3.8 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| EAM 35 | 19 | 282 ± 12 | 3.9 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 150 |
a
Each value is a mean (mean ± SD) of three independent replicates.