Table 4 Different growth mediums used in the present study

Potato dextrose agar

Potato dextrose 15 g, sugar 20 g, KH₂PO₄ 3 g, MgSO₄·7H₂O 2 g, agar 15 g

pH is maintained between the range of 5.6–5.8

Yeast glucose medium

Yeast extract 5 g, glucose 20 g, microelement solution of 400 μl. The microelement solution consists of EDTA 10 g, ZnSO₄·7H₂O 4.4 g, MnCl₂ 1.01 g, CoCl₂·6H₂O 0.32 g, CuSO₄·5H₂O 0.315 g, (NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄·5H₂O 0.22 g, CaCl₂·2H₂O 1.47 g, FeSO₄·7H₂O 1 g, dissolved in 900 ml double distilled water

The pH is adjusted to 6.0 using 1 M NaOH, once all the constituents are dissolved add 1 M HCl to adjust the pH to 4.0, later the solution is made up to 1000 ml using dd-H₂O

Mandel and andreotti (MA-medium)

KH₂PO₄ 2 g, (NH₄)₂SO₄ 1.4 g, Urea 0.3 g, FeSO₄·7H₂O 0.005 g, MnSO₄·H₂O 0.0016 g, ZnSO₄·7H₂O 0.0014 g, CoCl₂ 0.002 g, MgSO₄·7H₂O 0.3 g, CaCl₂ 0.3 g, peptone 0.75 g, glucose 10 g

pH is maintained between the range of 4.8–5.0

2% glycerol-MA medium

Glycerol 10 g in 500 ml of MA medium

pH is maintained between the range of 5.4–5.8

2% bark-MA sugar-free medium

Bark powder 10 g dissolved in 500 ml of MA medium (composition is same as mentioned above but without glucose)

pH is maintained between the range of 5.4–5.8

2% bark-MA glucose medium

Bark powder 10 g dissolved in 500 ml of MA medium with glucose 10 g

pH is maintained between the range of 5.4–5.8

2% bark-MA xylose medium

Bark powder 10 g dissolved in 500 ml of MA medium with xylose 10 g (glucose is replaced with xylose)

pH is maintained between the range of 5.4–5.8

Minimal salt medium (MSM) consists

Glucose 20 g, (NH₄)₂SO₄ 5 g, KH₂PO₄ 15 g, MgSO₄·7H₂O 0.6 g, CaCl₂ 0.6 g, FeSO₄·7H₂O 0.005 g, MnSO₄·H₂O 0.0016 g, ZnSO₄·7H₂O 0.0014 g, CoCl₂ 0.002 g

pH between the range of 5.0–5.5

LB-medium

Tryptone 10 g, yeast extract 5 g, NaCl 5 g

pH is adjusted to 7.0