Vol. 9, Issue 12, Part B (2023)

Endophytic bacteria have been known to inhabit the internal structures of plants throughout the different growth and developmental stages. In this study, the endophytic bacteria were isolated from mulberry cultivars, collected from Jaipur, and their ability to produce various extracellular enzymes was assessed. A total of 52 bacteria were isolated out of which twenty-one (40.38%) isolates were amylase positive, twenty (38.46%) cellullase and twenty-three and (44.23), twenty-eight (53.85%) isolates were protease and lipase positive respectively. Protease and lipase production was found to be highest among the isolates.