Temperature	Incubation period	Growth (OD₆₀₀) of B. licheniformis (Mean ± SE of mean)	Growth (OD₆₀₀) of B. amyloliquefaciens (Mean ± SE of mean)	Growth (OD₆₀₀) of B. megaterium (Mean ± SE of mean)	Growth (OD₆₀₀) of control (Mean ± SE of mean)
25˚C	24 h	0.339 ± 0.004	0.245 ± 0.006	0.355 ± 0.006	0.002 ± 0.000
	48 h	0.282 ± 0.013	0.175 ± 0.007	0.416 ± 0.015	0.002 ± 0.000
	72 h	0.259 ± 0.016	0.230 ± 0.004	0.447 ± 0.006	0.002 ± 0.000
30˚C	24 h	0.422 ± 0.005	0.248 ± 0.003	0.383 ± 0.008	0.003 ± 0.000
	48 h	0.339 ± 0.010	0.190 ± 0.008	0.477 ± 0.036	0.002 ± 0.000
	72 h	0.400 ± 0.010	0.215 ± 0.014	0.512 ± 0.045	0.009 ± 0.001
37˚C	24 h	0.814 ± 0.097	0.286 ± 0.019	0.331 ± 0.016	0.009 ± 0.001
	48 h	0.480 ± 0.003	0.114 ± 0.011	0.444 ± 0.003	0.017 ± 0.001
	72 h	0.504 ± 0.030	0.200 ± 0.016	0.507 ± 0.008	0.010 ± 0.001
45˚C	24 h	0.746 ± 0.010	0.454 ± 0.017	0.009 ± 0.000	0.002 ± 0.000
	48 h	0.380 ± 0.008	0.636 ± 0.008	0.009 ± 0.000	0.003 ± 0.000
	72 h	0.303 ± 0.020	0.579 ± 0.001	0.060 ± 0.011	0.003 ± 0.000
55˚C	24 h	0.297 ± 0.040	0.001± 0.001	0.000 ± 0.000	0.002 ± 0.000
	48 h	0.075 ± 0.002	0.054 ± 0.006	0.009 ± 0.000	0.003 ± 0.000
	72 h	0.111 ± 0.029	0.043 ± 0.012	0.036 ± 0.004	0.002 ± 0.000
65˚C	24 h	0.006 ± 0.001	0.001 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000
	48 h	0.020 ± 0.002	0.005 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000
	72 h	0.006 ± 0.001	0.000 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000	0.000 ± 0.000