Table 2.

Morphological and biochemical characteristics of the isolated strains of endophytic bacteria.

Isolated strains	Colour	Grams’ staining	Shape	Motility	KOH	Citrate utilization	Gelatin hydrolysis	Catalase test	Starch hydrolysis
BETL1	Orange	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETL2	Shiny yellow	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	-ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETL3	Dark yellow	-ve	Rod	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BETS1	Yellow	-ve	Rod	+	+ve	-ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETL4	White	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BETL5	Yellow	-ve	Diplococcus	+	+ve	-ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETL6	Shiny yellow	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BEKL1	White	-ve	Coccus	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETS2	Yellowish orange	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	-ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BEKL2	Cream	-ve	Rod	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BETL7	White	-ve	Coccus	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BEKL3	Yellow	-ve	Diplococcus	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BEKL4	Cream	-ve	Coccus	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve
BETL8	Cream	+ve	Rod	+	-ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
BEKL5	Yellow	-ve	Rod	+	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	-ve