| Time (h) |
Carbon
Sources |
Rhizobium leguminosarumsv. Vicia isolates |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| 24 |
Mannitol |
0.720a |
0.820a |
0.836a |
0.720a |
0.843a |
0.730a |
0.611a |
0.589a |
0.786a |
0.838a |
0.751a |
0.681a |
0.726a |
| Glucose |
0.648a |
0.686a |
0.708ab |
0.584b |
0.634b |
0.436b |
0.528ab |
0.395b |
0.65ab |
0.440b |
0.492b |
0.407b |
0.598ab |
| Fructose |
0.453b |
0.649a |
0.658ab |
0.313c |
0.505bc |
0.442b |
0.465b |
0.292d |
0.512b |
0.358b |
0.354c |
0.254c |
0.477bc |
| Mannose |
0.366b |
0.466b |
0.571b |
0 .290c |
0.387c |
0.342b |
0.341c |
0.236d |
0.350c |
0.323bc |
0.276c |
0.223cd |
0.387c |
| Maltose |
0.162c |
0.349b |
0.349c |
0.121d |
0.183d |
0.121c |
0.128d |
0.121c |
0.133d |
0.194c |
0.134d |
0.126d |
0.184d |
| 48 |
Mannitol |
1.039a |
1.085a |
1.081a |
1.032a |
1.120a |
1.025a |
0.966a |
0.875a |
1.092a |
1.128a |
1.040a |
0.973a |
1.022a |
| Glucose |
0.789b |
0.945ab |
0.910ab |
0.789b |
1.00a |
0.871ab |
0.827ab |
0.707ab |
0.914ab |
0.966ab |
0.950ab |
0.867ab |
0.918ab |
| Fructose |
0.708bc |
0.866ab |
0.810bc |
0.673bc |
0.947ab |
0.675bc |
0.675bc |
0.597 b |
0.875ab |
0.890ab |
0.805ab |
0.732bc |
0.779bc |
| Mannose |
0.576cd |
0.730bc |
0.700bc |
0.544cd |
0.717b |
0.570cd |
0.59cd |
0.544bc |
0.688bc |
0.765bc |
0.735bc |
0.623c |
0.682c |
| Maltose |
0.397d |
0.568c |
0.658c |
0.428d |
0.405c |
0.391d |
0.426d |
0.402c |
0.533c |
0.618c |
0.521c |
0.398d |
0.614c |
a, b, c=Means of each trait within each column don’t have the same letter are significantly different significantly at 0.05 level |
