The bacteria that showed an antagonistic effect towards the test fungus were selected for identification. Conventional methods like colony morphology, staining techniques and various biochemical tests including carbohydrate disc fermentation tests (Himedia, India) were adopted for bacterial identification. A definite chromogenic method for Bacillus identification was done by growing the bacterial cultures in HiCrome Bacillus agar (Himedia, India). 16S rRNA-encoding gene amplification and sequencing was used as a confirmatory tool for bacterial species identification.