Table 3.
The microbial counts (as log CFU g−1 ± SD) analyzed in the treated pot soil exposed to both tap water and salt solution (NaCl 100 mM) on the 90th day. The results are expressed as the mean of three replicates separately analyzed ± SD. The exact value of (p) was evaluated by Student’s t-test.
| Treatments | Microbial Groups | Tap Water Log CFU g−1 (±SD) |
NaCl 100 mM Log CFU g−1 (±SD) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | TVBC | 5.9 (0.35) | 5.0 (0.30) | 0.03309 |
| F and Y | 3.4 (0.21) | 3.6 (0.26) | 0.26481 | |
| SFB | 5.2 (0.25) | 4.3 (0.30) | 0.01960 | |
| M | TVBC | 5.0 (0.40) | 6.4 (0.25) | 0.05988 |
| F and Y | 4.7 (0.28) | 5.4 (0.40) | 0.05635 | |
| SFB | 3.6 (0.35) | 3.9 (0.36) | 0.29379 | |
| B07 | TVBC | 6.7 (0.38) | 6.0 (0.46) | 0.50818 |
| F and Y | 4.5 (0.43) | 4.7 (0.64) | 0.60456 | |
| SFB | 6.2 (0.47) | 5.3 (0.38) | 0.07152 | |
| B07M | TVBC | 6.5 (0.32) | 5.6 (0.65) | 0.11194 |
| F and Y | 4.4 (0.25) | 4.1 (0.24) | 0.27961 | |
| SFB | 6.0 (0.66) | 5.0 (0.40) | 0.09997 | |
| Ra36 | TVBC | 7.0 (0.65) | 6.7 (0.55) | 0.63783 |
| F and Y | 5.5 (0.20) | 5.7 (0.30) | 0.29601 | |
| SFB | 5.2 (0.35) | 6.0 (0.40) | 0.50334 | |
| Ra36M | TVBC | 7.2 (0.55) | 6.8 (0.40) | 0.42308 |
| F and Y | 5.4 (0.22) | 5.8 (0.35) | 0.13245 | |
| SFB | 4.8 (0.21) | 6.2 (0.20) | 0.00097 | |
| Y | TVBC | 6.7 (0.65) | 6.7 (0.22) | 0.90566 |
| F and Y | 6.0 (0.49) | 6.9 (0.26) | 0.03573 | |
| SFB | 6.6 (0.95) | 4.5 (0.30) | 0.02349 | |
| A | TVBC | 5.1 (0.35) | 6.8 (0.40) | 0.00467 |
| F and Y | 4.7 (0.28) | 5.4 (0.40) | 0.05635 | |
| SFB | 3.6 (0.35) | 4.9 (0.36) | 0.09610 |
Legend: 0 = control without treatments; M = molasses; B07 = B. amyloliquefaciens strain B07; B07M = B07 + M; Ra36 = R. aquatilis strain 36; Ra36M = Ra36+ M; Y = P. terrestris strain PT22AV; A = Activeg. TVBC = Total Viable Aerobic Bacteria; F and Y = fungi and yeasts; SFB = spore-forming bacteria.