Table 4.

Trace metal translocation factor (TF) (mean ± SE, n = 3) as a function of various treatments.

Trace metal	Co			Cr			Fe			Mn			Ni
Control	0.38	±	0.05a1 †,‡	0.52	±	0.08a2	0.34	±	0.05a3	0.54	±	0.05a4	1.09	±	0.16a5
Paraburkholderia ultramafica STM10279T	0.15	±	0.03b1	0.21	±	0.05b2	0.13	±	0.02b3	0.4	±	0.02a4	0.56	±	0.02a5
EPS of P. ultramafica STM10279T	0.16	±	0.06b1	0.18	±	0.04b2	0.13	±	0.04b3	0.39	±	0.10a4	0.71	±	0.28a5

nd, not determined; EPS, exopolysaccharide.

^†Different letters in each row indicate significant differences according to Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) test or the least significant difference (LSD) Fisher’s post-hoc test (p < 0.05).

^‡Same coefficient to letters refers to one data analysis of one TF.