About 45 bacteria, 9 fungi, 3 yeast, and 1 actinobacterium were isolated from plant tissues of tomato screened for their growthpromoting traits antagonistic activity against damping-off fungus Pythium aphanidermatum. The bacterial isolate, Bacillus pumilus TEB10 exhibited pathogen inhibition about 55 79%, while yeast isolate Candida tropicalis TEY1 showed 30 68% in the dual plate inverted assay...
