Table 2

	Control soil	Natural attenuated soil	Bioaugmented soil
C₈	2.02 ± 0.01^a	7.97 ± 0.32^b	3.62 ± 0.29^c
C₉	1.10 ± 0.03^a	1.24 ± 0.01^b	8.54 ± 0.01^c
C₁₀	1.07 ± 0.00^abc	1.07 ± 0.02^abc	1.08 ± 0.00^abc
C₁₁	1.63 ± 0.02^a	7.52 ± 0.04^b	2.09 ± 0.02^c
C₁₂	2.23 ± 0.04^ac	8.64 ± 0.19^b	2.47 ± 0.04^ac
C₁₃	1.08 ± 0.02^a	4.78 ± 0.05^b	1.61 ± 0.00^c
C₁₄	2.45 ± 0.12^a	1.28 ± 0.04^bc	1.12 ± 0.01^bc
C₁₅	1.06 ± 0.02^a	1.60 ± 0.02^b	7.44 ± 0.03^c
C₁₆	2.34 ± 0.06^ac	6.64 ± 0.01^b	2.35 ± 0.18^ac
C₁₇	1.38 ± 0.06^a	4.70 ± 0.04^b	3.75 ± 0.10^c
Pristane	1.08 ± 0.03^a	1.19 ± 0.01^b	1.98 ± 0.05^c
C₁₈	1.91 ± 0.16^a	2.74 ± 0.04^b	6.36 ± 0.08^c
Phytane	1.68 ± 0.08^a	4.85 ± 0.01^b	3.00 ± 0.00^c
C₁₉	2.77 ± 0.18^a	2.02 ± 0.01^b	7.19 ± 0.02^c
C₂₀	3.21 ± 0.02^a	5.16 ± 0.08^b	7.05 ± 0.18^c
C₂₁	1.77 ± 0.12^a	3.62 ± 0.04^b	3.31 ± 0.03^c
C₂₂	3.18 ± 0.03^a	7.93 ± 0.02^b	1.42 ± 0.05^c
C₂₃	2.27 ± 0.05^a	3.02 ± 0.04^b	2.70 ± 0.00^c
C₂₄	1.07 ± 0.03^ab	1.05 ± 0.01^ab	2.77 ± 0.20^c
C₂₅	1.11 ± 0.02^a	1.46 ± 0.04^b	2.47 ± 0.06^c
C₂₆	3.25 ± 0.08^a	8.69 ± 0.05^b	1.84 ± 0.16^c
C₂₇	3.93 ± 0.01^a	6.53 ± 0.03^b	4.60 ± 0.14^c
C₂₈	1.32 ± 0.04^ab	1.54 ± 0.02^ab	2.82 ± 0.18^c
C₂₉	2.43 ± 0.05^a	9.78 ± 0.04^b	4.61 ± 0.25^c
C₃₀	1.90 ± 0.04^a	1.46 ± 0.01^b	8.10 ± 0.01^c
C₃₁	1.94 ± 0.02^a	8.82 ± 0.03^b	8.21 ± 0.01^c
C₃₂	2.45 ± 0.01^a	7.64 ± 0.01^b	2.41 ± 0.02^c
C₃₃	1.51 ± 0.01^a	1.69 ± 0.03^b	4.04 ± 0.02^c
C₃₄	1.75 ± 0.24^abc	1.87 ± 0.07^abc	1.92 ± 0.04^abc
C₃₅	4.06 ± 0.06^a	8.04 ± 0.01^b	5.14 ± 0.02^c
C₃₆	1.51 ± 0.05^a	3.27 ± 0.06^b	1.01 ± 0.01^c
C₃₇	1.80 ± 0.05^a	2.64 ± 0.01^b	5.28 ± 0.03^c
C₃₈	2.72 ± 0.03^a	3.16 ± 0.00^b	8.15 ± 0.01^c
C₃₉	1.33 ± 0.02^a	4.25 ± 0.00^b	1.91 ± 0.01^c
C₄₀	1.09 ± 0.06^a	2.95 ± 0.00^b	4.22 ± 0.01^c

Values are Means ± standard deviations of triplicate determinations. Values in each row with different superscript letters differ significantly at 5% level (P < 0.05).

Table 2: Aliphatic hydrocarbon content (mgkg-1) of Amarantus hybridus grown on crude oil post-remediated soil