Table 4.
Heavy metal | n | Number of isolates with heavy metal tolerance (µg/ml) | Resistancea | |||||||||||||||
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2.5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 400 | 150 | 300 | 600 | 1200 | 2400 | n | % | ||
Cadmium | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 89.6 |
Cromium | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 100 |
Copper | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 77 | 59 | 76.6 |
Mercury | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 100 |
Resistance Concentration:: Hg2+ (10µg/ml); Cd2+ and Cr6+ (100µg/ml); Cu2+ (600µg/ml). n : Number of total isolates; - : Not Tested