Table 4.

Multiple Plant growth promoting traits of selected inorganic phosphate solubilizing endophytes recovered from the root nodules of E.brucei

Isolate	Taxonomic position of the isolates	IAA(µg/mL)	HCN	NH3	chitinase	protease	lipase
AU4	Acinetobacter soli	171.65c	+  +	+	-	+	+
BU2	Gluconobacter cerinus	75.07i	+  +	+	+	-	+
DM17	Bacillus thuringiensis	313.61a	+  +	+	+	-	+
EN5	Gluconobacter cerinus	112.57f	+  +	+	+	-	+
EN6	Gluconobacter cerinus	266.29b	+  +	+	-	+	+
GH6	Achromobacter xylosoxidans	147.28d	-	+	+	+	+
RG5	Acinetobacter soli	120.65e	-	+	+	+	-
RG6	Acinetobacter soli	104.55 h	+  +	+	+  +	+	+
TL3	Gluconobacter cerinus	106.37 g	+  +	+	-	+	+

 +  + -Red, +—brown/ brown precipitate,—no visible production sign. Values are expressed as mean of three independent experiments. Means with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 by Duncan test