| Experimental setup |
Cadmium concentration |
Lead concentration |
| 20 mg Cd/kg soil |
50 mg Cd/kg soil |
20 mg Pb/kg soil |
50 mg Pb/kg soil |
| Control (without Cd and bacteria) |
31.66 ± 0.42 |
31.66 ± 0.42 |
31.66 ± 0.42 |
31.66 ± 0.42 |
| Uninoculated control (with HM only) |
27.62 ± 0.35 |
25.18 ± 0.26 |
24.56 ± 0.32 |
23.66 ± 0.52 |
| Inoculation ofP. aeruginosaSN1 |
30.40 ± 0.30* |
29.86 ± 1.33* |
27.02 ± 0.19* |
23.26 ± 0.36 ns |
| Inoculation ofP. aeruginosaSN3 |
26.40 ± 0.86ns |
22.24 ± 1.63ns |
28.64 ± 0.32* |
23.50 ± 0.29 ns |
Values are mean ± standard deviation of five replicates; ns= non significant; *=
significant at P<0.01; compared with uninoculated control; HM indicates respective
heavy metals, i.e., cadmium and lead |
