Research Article

Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Isolated from Degraded Habitat Enhance Drought Tolerance of Acacia (Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth.) Seedlings

Table 5

Heavy metal tolerance profile of ten potential PGPR strains at a varying concentration of HMs.

S. No.IsolatesTolerance (μg/ml)
Fe 50Fe 100Fe 300Mn 50Mn 100Mn 300Cu 50Cu 100Cu 300Zn 50Zn 100Zn 300Pb 50Pb 100Pb 300% (R)

1Bacillus thuringiensis BS-45TTTTTSTTTTTTTTT90
2Enterococcus gallinarum PS-16TTTTTTTSSTTSTTT70
3Paenibacillus polymyxa FB-50TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT100
4Agrobacterium tumefaciens RS-79TTTTTTTTSTTSTTT80
5Ochrobactrum intermedium RS-72TTTTTSTTTTSSTSS50
6Acinetobacter calcoaceticus BS-27TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT100
7Pseudomonas putida BS-19TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT100
8Pseudomonas fluorescens FB-49TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT100
9Klebsiella michiganensis PS-2TTTTTSTTTTSSTTT70
10Serratia marcescens RS-65TTTTTSTSSTSSTTT50
% (T)10010010010010070100807010070601009090
% (S)000030020300304001010

T = tolerant and S = sensitive.