All microbial strains showed positive result towards NH3production (Table 2). A. chlorophenolicus has ability to fixsignificantly higher nitrogenfixation (15.0 mg N g
1
carbon) followed by
B. megateriumas compared toEnterobactersp. However,Enterobacter
sp. produced maximum IAA 26.4mgml
1
at 100mgml
1
tryptophan
followed by B. megateriumandA. chlorophenolicus. Microbial strains
A. chlorophenolicusand Enterobacter sp. showed HCN production
whileB. megaterium and Enterobacter sp. gave siderophore test.
Significantly maximum change in pH of broth (5.5 and 4.8) was
showed byB. megateriumover control followed byA. chlorophenolicus
at 2 and 5 days after inoculation, respectively. Maximum solubilization of phosphorus at 2 and 5 days was found in B. megaterium
was 121.2 and 153.6mgml
1
followed by A. chlorophenolicus(108.5
and 132.5mgml
1
), respectively as compared to uninoculated
control.Enterobactersp. did not show positive result for phosphate
solubilization