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Table 3 Characterization of Bacillus strains obtained from the apple rhizosphere

From: Molecular diversity and functional variability of environmental isolates of Bacillus species

*Bacillus* strains
Characteristics	MBPSB 5	MBPSB 12	MBPSB 29	MBPSB 37	MBPSB 69	MBPSB 124	MBPSB 147	MBPSB 164	MBPSB 194	MBPSB 207	MBPSB 219	MBPSB 259
Endospore	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Colony color	White	White	White	White	White	Off-white	White	White	White	White	White	White
Pigmentation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Motility	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Starch hydrolysis	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Gelatine hydrolysis	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
H ₂ S production	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-
Glucose fermentation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
*Biochemical parameters*
Catalase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Oxidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Indol	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
VP test	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+
Citrate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-
Nitrate reduction	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+
Urease	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+

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