TABLE 4.
Survival of P. putida strains in agricultural, forest, and grassland soils under nonenriched conditions
| Soil | Survival of inoculated strain
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-313R | PH18 | SN34 | SN36 | |
| Agricultural | 0.083a ± 0.048b,1,2,3 | 0.068 ± 0.0281 | 0.067 ± 0.0101 | 0.055 ± 0.0181 |
| Forest | 0.142 ± 0.0353,4 | 0.128 ± 0.0303,4 | 0.099 ± 0.0152 | 0.147 ± 0.0214 |
| Grassland | 0.136 ± 0.0413,4 | 0.152 ± 0.0304 | 0.108 ± 0.0242,3 | 0.114 ± 0.0202,3 |
a
First-order decay rate of the bacterial population (day−1).
b
Confidence interval for the slope of the regression line (P = 0.05). Values with the same superscript number are not significantly different for P = 0.05.