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. 2013 Feb 20;6(3):288–299. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12038

Table 3.

Metal resistance, possibly resulting in decreased phytotoxicity, of cultivable strains isolated from the shoot, the roots and the rhizosphere of BR and TO willow clones growing on metal-contaminated soil

BR TO
Identification cfu/g Cd (0.4) Cd (0.8) Zn (0.6) Zn (1.0) Identification cfu/g Cd (0.4) Cd (0.8) Zn (0.6) Zn (1.0)
Shoot Bacillus pumilus 1.14E+04 Unc. rhodococcus 7.50E+05
Bacillus pumilus 2.29E+04 Unc. γ-proteobacterium 1.98E+06
Bacillus pumilus 3.81E+03 + Bacillus cereus 7.50E+05 +
Bacillus pumilus 1.24E+03 + + Bacillus cereus 2.08E+05
Bacillus pumilus 1.24E+03 Bacillus cereus 1.38E+05 + + +
Bacillus pumilus 6.20E+02 Bacillus cereus 7.75E+01 + +
Paenibacillus lactis 2.15E+05 Bacillus subtilis 7.75E+01
Paenibacillus lactis 8.39E+02 Bacillus pumilis 7.75E+01 + + +
Paenibacillus lactis 8.39E+02 Bacillus sp. 7.50E+05 + +
Pseudomonas syringae 8.12E+02 Bacillus sp. 6.25E+04
Pantoea agglomerans 2.89E+04 Bacillus sp. 2.08E+04
Pantoea agglomerans 7.22E+03 Bacillus sp. 7.75E+01 +
Micrococcus sp. 2.08E+05 +
Acinetobacter johnsonii 2.67E+05
Chryseobacterium hominis 1.33E+05
Staphylococcus pasteuri 1.39E+06
Total (%) 2.95E+05 0.00 0.00 1.71 0.42 Total (%) 6.65E+06 16.48 0.00 13.35 13.35
Root Caulobacter sp. 7.85E+05 Bacillus cereus 2.13E+04 + + +
Caulobacter sp. 1.96E+05 Bacillus cereus 1.50E+04 + +
Bacillus pumilus 2.10E+05 Bacillus sp. 1.10E+04 +
Bacillus pumilus 5.26E+04 Bacillus sp. 2.75E+03 + +
Bacillus pumilus 5.26E+04 Staphylococcus sp. 1.25E+03 +
Rhizobium radiobacter 5.58E+05 Staphylococcus sp. 3.75E+03
Staphylococcus sp. 5.75E+03
Staphylococcus sp. 1.25E+03 + + +
Staphylococcus sp. 1.25E+03 +
Streptomyces sp. 1.73E+04 +
Streptomyces punicolor 1.38E+04 + + +
Pseudomonas sp. 5.75E+04 + +
Pseudomonas sp. 1.88E+04 + +
Pseudomonas sp. 1.25E+03 + +
Arthrobacter gandavensis 1.25E+03
Caulobacter sp. 1.25E+03
Total (%) 1.85E+06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total (%) 1.74E+05 66.00 52.37 48.64 22.38
Rhizosphere Streptomyces sp. 8.00E+05 Unc. γ-proteobacteria 2.59E+05 +
Leifsonia sp. 1.28E+06 + + Unc. γ-proteobacteria 1.18E+05 +
Dermacoccus sp. 4.80E+05 Bacillus sp. 2.35E+05 +
Bacillus pumilus 8.35E+05 Bacillus sp. 2.82E+05 + +
Bacillus pumilus 4.18E+05 + + Bacillus sp. 4.24E+05
Paenibacillus lactis 1.33E+06 Bacillus sp. 1.18E+05
Caulobacter sp. 2.00E+05 Bacillus sp. 3.53E+05 + + +
Caulobacter sp. 2.00E+05 Staphylococcus epidermis 1.41E+05 + +
Luteibacter rhizovicinus 4.80E+05 Staphylococcus capitis 3.06E+05
Staphylococcus sp. 1.18E+05 +
Burkholderia pyrrocinia 1.41E+05 + + + +
Burkholderia sp. 4.00E+05 + + +
Leifsonia spec. 3.76E+05 + + + +
Variovorax sp. 2.35E+05 +
Caulobacter sp. 1.18E+05
Total (%) 6.02E+06 28.20 28.20 0.00 0.00 Total (%) 3.62E+06 38.95 29.22 69.49 31.81

cfu/g: colony-forming units per gram fresh weight; 284 medium with addition of carbon mix and respectively 0.4 mM CdSO4, 0.8 mM CdSO4, 0.6 mM ZnSO4 and 1 mM ZnSO4.

+: good growth; −: no growth. Total: cfu/g: total amount of isolated bacteria in shoot, root or rhizosphere; Cd (0.4), Cd (0.8), Zn (0.6) and Zn (1.0): percentage of bacteria associated with the shoot, root and rhizosphere that tested positive.