Occurrence and genetic diversity of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in soils of differing chemical characteristics in Kenya

Table 4 Phosphate solubilization potential and identification of efficient PSB isolated from Kenyan soils by 16S rDNA based on the output results from the NCBI database analysis

Strains	Source	Organism identified	Percentage identity (%)	Gene accession number	Solubility index^a
TSBF699	Siaya (Kenya)^b	Burkholderia sp.	98	HM637291	4.9 b
TSBF723	Siaya (Kenya)^b	Bacillus sp.	97	HM637290	2.3 f
TSBF739	Mitunguu (Kenya)^b	Bacillus sp.	98	HM637292	2.1 f
TSBF828	Uasin Gishu (Kenya)^b	Bacillus megaterium	98	HM776635	2.2 f
TSBF845	Uasin Gishu (Kenya)^b	Paenibacillus sp.	97	HM776636	2.6 e
PER 3A	Argentina^c	Burkholderia sp.	98		4.7 b
MAN ID	Argentina^c	Burkholderia sp.	98		5.6 a
PER 3C	Argentina^c	Burkholderia sp.	96		4.4 c

^aValues followed by same lower-case letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05) using Tukey’s test
^bStrains isolated in this study
^cReference strains from Fernandez et al. (2007)

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