Molecular Characterization and Mineralizing Potential of Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria Colonizing Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Rhizosphere in Western Kenya

Table 1

The mineralization potentials of each isolate.

Isolate	C.D	H.D	S.I
B5	0.53 ± 0.06	1.68 ± 0.10	4.17a
KB3	0.77 ± 0.15	1.17 ± 0.15	2.52c
KB2	0.93 ± 0.06	1.30 ± 0.10	2.40c
KV1	0.58 ± 0.19	1.53 ± 0.15	3.64ab
KK1	0.67 ± 0.08	1.03 ± 0.15	2.54c
KK3	0.47 ± 0.15	0.75 ± 0.12	2.60bc
KBU	0.88 ± 0.12	1.18 ± 0.16	2.34d

 ≤ 0.05 column C.D is colony diameter (cm), column H.D is halo zone diameter (cm), and column S.I is solubilizing index. Superscript letters indicate statistical significance.