Comprehensive genomic analysis of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus paralicheniformis associated with the pearl millet panicle reveals their antimicrobial potential against important plant pathogens

Table 3 Ability of pearl millet panicle associated Bacillus licheniformis PBl 36 and Bacillus subtilis PBs 12 on mycelial growth inhibition of taxonomically diverse plant pathogens in Invitro dual culture assays

Disease	Fungal species	Phylum	Order	Family	Mycelial growth inhibition (%)
Disease	Fungal species	Phylum	Order	Family	*Bacillus licheniformis* PBl 36	*Bacillus subtilis* PBs 12	Mock
Southern corn leaf blight	Athelia rolfsii	Basidiomycota	Atheliales	Atheliaceae	69.54a	71.16b	0.00f
Pearl millet Blast	Magnaporthe grisea	Ascomycota	Magnaporthales	Magnaporthaceae	54.64b	60.40c	0.00f
Malabar neem seedling wilt	Fusarium solani	Ascomycota	Hypocreales	Nectriaceae	56.00b	70.00b	0.00f
Teak leaf blight	Alternaria sp.	Ascomycota	Pleosporales	Pleosporaceae	43.40d	78.70a	0.00f
Teak basal rot	Ganoderma spp. 1	Basidiomycota	Polyporales	Ganodermataceae	25.36e	61.73c	0.00f
Pongamia wood rot	Ganoderma spp. 2	Basidiomycota	Polyporales	Ganodermataceae	52.40c	75.77a	0.00f
CD (p = 0.05%)	-	-	-	-	2.24	3.13	-

Data sharing the same letter designation in each column, indicate no significant difference between them at a significance level of p = 0.05
CD (Critical Difference): Smallest difference between treatments means likely to indicate true change
Mycelial growth was recorded once the mock plate attained full petri plate coverage of each inoculated fungal species here Athelia rolfsii (3 days); Magnaporthe grisea (10 days); Fusarium oxysporum (6 days); Alternaria sp. (6 days); Ganoderma spp. 1 (3 days); Ganoderma spp. 2 (4 days). Mycelial growth inhibition was calculated using the formula: [(Mycelial growth in mock plate—Mycelial growth in treated plate)/ Mycelial growth in mock plate]*100

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