Microbe- plant interaction as a sustainable tool for mopping up heavy metal contaminated sites

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Element content and pH of the experimental soils collected

	Soil element content (µg g⁻¹ dry soil)
	0.01 M BaCl₂-exchangeable						0.1 M HCL-extractable
Site	S1		S2		S3		S1		S2		S3
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Zn	7.3794	1.9566	25.4300	4.9698	820.6000	12.7300	25.2330	2.3826	805.7000	17.1500	4173.0000	680.2400
Cu	0.0730	0.0082	0.6686	0.0605	0.8680	0.0900	4.8775	0.1701	33.2290	1.3650	32.7000	2.3400
Ni	1.4640	0.1276	0.1281	0.0197	0.9728	0.1618	4.9143	0.3637	11.9620	0.3395	4.2171	0.2638
Cd	0.0434	0.0066	0.0638	0.0125	0.5787	0.0257	0.3619	0.0087	0.3676	0.0264	8.4495	0.2686
pH	4.9760	0.2861	6.3520	0.2662	6.1220	0.1332

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