“…The rhizosphere bacterial isolates were characterized by biochemical attributes and were identified as SP-01 (Brevibacillus brevis ~97.2% similarity), SP-02 (Brevibacillus brevis ~97.2% similarity), SP-03 (Brevibacillus brevis ~96.9% similarity) and SP-04 (Bacillus aeolius ~85% similarity) on the basis of ABIS online software (Table 1). Bacillus and Paenibacillus strains plant growth promoting traits have been widely studied for enhancement of plant growth (Choudhary and Johri 2008;Dev et al, 2016).…”