Table 3.

Biomass levels, Cu(II) bioremoval, and specific copper bioremoval in cultures of isolates from vineyard Inceptisol incubated in NB medium contaminated with 300 mg L⁻¹ of Cu(II) and incubated at 30°C for 24 h with orbital shaking.

Isolates	Biomass	Cu(II) bioremoval	Specific Cu(II) bioremoval
	---- OD600 ----	------ mg L−1 ------	--- mg L−1/OD units ---
N1	1.46±0.0195*	32.79±1.4768	22.01±0.957
N2	1.45±0.0426	80.22±2.5696	53.40±2.950
N3	1.36±0.0046	32.16±2.3257	23.75±1.776
N4	1.43±0.0231	51.38±1.3427	36.02±1.280
N5	1.13±0.0424	27.15±2.9239	23.65±1.838
N6	1.20±0.0861	30.91±4.1770	27.84±5.232
N7	1.41±0.0288	35.92±3.0121	25.31±1.773
N8	1.38±0.0202	32.16±0.8861	23.14±0.030
N9	1.33±0.0290	22.56±2.4116	16.97±1.805
N10	1.40±0.0150	30.91±0.8980	22.11±0.234
N11	0.67±0.1021	67.25±1.0070	121.83±0.900
N12	1.44±0.0358	29.66±6.4979	21.20±4.386
N13	1.50±0.2895	43.86±4.3875	33.68±2.649
N14	1.61±0.0315	38.01±3.5030	23.53±2.093
N16	1.61±0.0718	44.69±0.5907	27.22±1.822
N17	1.46±0.0396	36.34±4.2869	24.97±2.920
N18	1.98±0.3887	52.21±4.7257	26.10±1.003
N20	1.41±0.0268	5.85±0.5000	4.17±0.112
N22	1.43±0.0478	31.54±2.0675	22.54±2.503
N23	1.40±0.2701	37.80±0.2954	26.96±0.419
N24	1.38±0.2681	37.17±5.3165	26.44±2.927
N25	1.38±0.2647	32.16±7.0886	23.27±5.036
N26	1.33±0.0146	32.16±4.3609	23.96±3.019
N27	1.30±0.0100	19.21±5.5151	14.64±4.152
N28	1.31±0.0070	29.66±6.0242	22.75±4.735
N29	1.36±0.0166	38.01±2.9338	28.10±2.380
N30	1.41±0.0031	16.50±5.0211	11.72±3.553
N32	1.68±0.0959	32.58±5.2559	18.68±2.279
N33	1.44±0.0201	35.30±2.0675	25.07±1.261
N34	1.39±0.0210	7.10±0.5907	4.98±0.366
N35	1.31±0.0177	21.72±5.0356	16.28±3.634
N36	1.29±0.0122	30.91±1.5060	23.92±1.201
N38	1.26±0.0187	35.09±4.6576	27.56±3.245
N39	1.39±0.0181	41.77±1.7390	30.03±1.059
N40	1.18±0.0657	38.84±2.8432	33.48±2.701

^*Values are means ± standard error of the mean.