Table 2.

Effect of two coastal deserts on microbial growth parameters and morphological characterization of soil bacteria isolated from locations A and B.

Location	Isolate	Selective microbial media		Morphological characterization				MB medium		MB medium/selective media CFU ratio
		Medium name	CFU/ml (× 105) after 10 h	Color	Colony size score	Colony shape		CFU/ml (× 105) after 10 h	Colony size score
						Top view	Side view
A	1	MHA	12.00	Cream	3	Circular	Flat	5.00	2	0.83
	2	MHA	9.80	Orange	2	Circular	Flat	5.50	1	0.86
	3	MHA	14.00	Dark Orange	2	Circular	Flat	4.00	1	0.95
	4	MHA	8.50	Cream	7	Irregular	Flat	3.50	6	0.7
	5	MHA	9.50	Cream	2	Circular	Flat	7.50	1	1.25
	6	MHA	4.00	Colorless	2	Circular	Flat	8.00	1	1.33
	65	NA	8.00	Colorless	3	Circular	Flat	4.00	2	1.00
	66	NA	13.00	White	3	Circular	Flat	3.80	2	0.95
	67	NA	11.00	Cream	10	Irregular	Flat	3.50	6	0.92
	75	NA+	6.00	Cream	3	Irregular	Flat	3.00	2	0.77
	92	LB	5.00	Cream	3	Circular	Flat	4.00	2	0.71
	93	LB	4.50	Orange	2	Circular	Flat	2.50	1	0.19
	112	VRB	2.80	White	1	Circular	Flat	2.30	1	0.37
	122	DPM	1.00	Grey	1	Circular	Flat	2.30	1	0.44
	131	GYM	8.50	Cream	10	Irregular	Flat	4.80	9	0.53
	132	GYM	7.00	Cream	3	Circular	Flat	5.00	2	0.63
	133	GYM	9.00	Cream	5	Irregular	Flat	2.00	4	0.48
B	30	MHA	9.50	Cream	2	Circular	Raised	3.00	1	0.5
	31	MHA	12.00	Cream	6	Irregular	Flat	2.00	5	0.22
	32	MHA	11.00	Yellow	2	Circular	Flat	2.10	1	0.22
	72	NA	4.80	Cream	10	Irregular	Flat	3.00	7	0.75
	87	NA+	4.00	White	10	Irregular	Flat	2.50	9	0.39
	88	NA+	4.50	Cream	3	Circular	Flat	2.80	2	0.28
	102	LB	4.00	Cream	7	Circular	Flat	2.00	6	0.42
	103	LB	3.80	Cream	4	Circular	Flat	2.00	3	0.4
	119	VRB	3.00	White	1	Circular	Flat	3.00	1	0.36
	145	GYM	7.50	Cream	10	Irregular	Flat	3.00	8	0.43