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Table 2 Cultural characteristics of the isolate A9

From: Biosurfactant, polythene, plastic, and diesel biodegradation activity of endophytic Nocardiopsis sp. mrinalini9 isolated from Hibiscus rosasinensis leaves

Medium

Colony characters

Growth

Aerial mycelium

Basal mycelium

Color on reverse side

Soluble pigment

Melanin production

ISP-1

++

White

Colorless

Reddish brown

Reddish brown

ISP-2

+++

White

Cheese like

Reddish brown

Reddish brown

ISP-4

+++

White

Cheese like

Reddish brown

Reddish brown

ISP-5

++

Dull White

Colorless

Reddish brown

ISP-6

++

White

Cheese like

Reddish brown

ISP-7

+

White

Cheese like

Brown

Brownish

+

SCA

+++

White

Cheese like

Light olive green

Light green

NA

+

White

Cheese like

Reddish brown

Reddish brown

SDA

+++

White

Cheese like

Reddish brown

Reddish brown

Microscopy

Gram-positive rods with rounded ends; branched hyphae with spores; non-motile

  1. +, less; ++, moderate; +++, good, +/−, doubtful.