Table 2 Environmental tolerance of the selected isolates.

From: Chasmophyte associated stress tolerant bacteria confer drought resilience to chickpea through efficient nutrient mining and modulation of stress response

Isolate

pH tolerance

Salinity (%NaCl) tolerance

Temperature (°C) tolerance

Growth with 30% PEG 6000

Bacillus siamensis L32

7–11

5–10

4–50

 + 

Micrococcus luteus LA9

7–11

0–5

35–50

 + 

B. paralicheniformis L38

5–15

35–50

 + 

B. stercoris LN74

7–11

5–10

35–50

 + 

B. cereus L34

7–9

5–15

4–35

 + 

B. paramycoides L17

6–11

0–5

4–50

 + 

Enterobacter hormachei subsp. xiangfengensis LJ89

6–11

5–10

4–35

 + 

Pseudomonas sp. LN75

6–11

0–5

4–35

 + 

Microbacterium sp. LN19

6–11

0–5

35–50

 + 

M. imperiale LJ10

6–11

0–5

4–50

 +