Sampling sites

Rolpa

Salyan

Gulmi

Palpa

Kavre-a

Kavre-b

Banke-a

Banke-b

Rupandehi

Chitwan

Sunsari-a

Sunsari-b

Total

No. of colonies

301

440

20

70

54

165

320

327

384

150

172

87

2490

No. of morphologies

7

5

1

3

2

5

7

7

9

4

3

2

55

No. of isolates

30

43

2

6

5

17

31

32

37

14

18

8

243

Class/genera

Average (%)

Flavobacteriia

23

25

4.0

4.4

Flavobacterium sp.

23

25

4.0

4.4

Bacilli

16

3.0

100

32

22

51

3.0

8.0

48

44

12

28

Bacillus sp.

3.0

100

43

22

37

3.0

48

44

12

25

Staphylococcus sp.

16

13

3.0

2.7

Exiguobacterium sp.

3.0

0.3

Paenibacillus sp.

3.0

0.3

Actinobacteria

37

5.0

61

13

67

16

Microbacterium sp.

7.0

5.0

40

3.0

27

6.8

Curtobacterium sp.

23

11

10

12

4.6

Cellulomonas sp.

23

3.0

2.0

Arthrobacter sp.

6.8

10

1.0

Glutamicibacter sp.

13

1.0

Pseudarthrobacter sp.

5.0

0.4

Streptomyces sp.

4.0

0.3

Brachybacterium sp.

3.0

0.2

Alphaproteobacteria

11

16

37

13

24

44

6.0

7.0

6.0

14

Rhizobium sp.

9.0

16

13

6.0

19

6.0

6.0

6.3

Agrobacterium sp.

2.0

37

6.0

13

4.8

Sphingobium sp.

13

1.0

Sphingomonas sp.

12

1.0

Neorhizobium sp.

7.0

0.6

Betaproteobacteria

7.0

7.0

22

32

10

13

22

88

17

Burkholderia sp.

15

88

8.6

Achromobacter sp.

19

13

3.0

Herbaspirillum sp.

7.0

22

7.0

3.0

Xenophilus sp.

10

0.8

Massilia sp.

7.0

0.6

Paraburkholderia sp.

7.0

0.6

Caballeronia sp.

6.0

0.5

Gammaproteobacteria

17

48

51

19

4.2

6.0

33

6.0

23

50

22

Enterobacter sp.

7.0

2.0

33

3.0

7.0

11

5.3

Pseudomonas sp.

19

39

4.8

Stenotrophomonas sp.

3.0

28

12

9.0

4.3

Luteibacter sp.

19

1.0

1.7

Pantoea sp.

3.0

3.0

6.0

7.0

1.6

Klebsiella sp.

18

1.5

Xanthomonas sp.

15

1.3

Pseudoxanthomonas sp.

6.0

0.5

Yokenella sp.

6.0

0.5