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Table 3.

Microbial EPS concentration (based upon biomass-ATP and colorimetric analyses of EPS extracts).

Treatment	ATP before EPS extraction^* (nmol g⁻¹ soil)	ATP after EPS extraction^* (nmol g⁻¹ soil)	EPS-polysaccharide (μg nmol⁻¹ ATP)	EPS-protein (μg nmol⁻¹ ATP)
0	5.42 ± 0.13^b	4.61 ± 0.59^b	86.55^y	32.56^f
C	4.09 ± 0.74^b	4.72 ± 0.16^b	143.92^x	49.95^e
N	5.27 ± 0.51^b	4.37 ± 0.46^b	91.54^y	33.42^f
CN	11.84 ± 3.18^a	9.69 ± 0.59^a	48.12^z	19.79^g

^{ab xyz efg} means with same letter are not statistically different.

l.s.d's _(α=0.05): ATP treatment effect = 1.60 nmol g⁻¹ soil; EPS-polysaccharide = 21.6 μg nmol⁻¹ ATP; EPS-protein = 8.7 μg nmol⁻¹ ATP.

No statistically significant effect of comparison ATP before vs. after EPS extraction (P = 0.13).