Table 2.

Biochemical Characterization of bacterial isolates from Agricultural, Marshy, and Forest soil collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Biochemical Test	Agriculture Soil	Marshy Soil	Forest Soil
Indole Test	+	-	-
Methyl Red Test	+	+	+
Voges Proskauer	+	+	+
Citrate Test	+	+	+
Triple Sugar Iron Agar Test	K/A	K/A	K/A
Catalase test	+	+	+
Oxidase test	+	+	+
Casein Hydrolysis	+	+	+
Gelatin Hydrolysis	+	+	+
Urease Test	+	+	+
Cellulose Test	+	+	+
Nitrate Reduction test	+	+	+
Starch Hydrolysis	+	+	+
Identified as;	Brevibacillus	Bacillus subtilis	Paenibacillus