. 2017 Jul 25;12(7):e0182017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182017

Table 3. Growth promotion of Aeschynomene fluminensis inoculated with endophytic fungal strains cultivated under mercury contamination.

Strains obtained from Polygonum acuminatum and Aeschynomene fluminensis from contaminated (+PHg and +AHg) and uncontaminated area (-PHg and -AHg).

Sample	Strains	TI (Hg⁺²)	Dry biomass ⁽¹⁾		Plant height ⁽¹⁾		Chlorophyll ⁽³⁾ (SPAD)
Sample	Strains	TI (Hg⁺²)	(g. plant ^-1)	GEF⁽²⁾	cm	GPE⁽²⁾	Chlorophyll ⁽³⁾ (SPAD)
-AHg	Aspergillus sp.1 A51	0.9	0.505 ± 0.108 ^a	363.30	19.73 ± 3.94 ^a-d	90.08	28.30 ± 2.99 ^ab
+AHg	Massariosphaeria sp. A19	1.5	0.455 ± 0.063 ^ab	317.66	21.68 ± 1.85 ^ab	108.86	31.63 ± 4.80 ^a
+AHg	Sardoriomycetes A18	0.9	0.447 ± 0.091 ^ab	309.86	24.28 ± 2.13 ^a	133.91	20.23 ± 0.90 ^a-d
-PHg	Lindgomycetaceae 1 P87	1.3	0.422± 0.087 ^ab	286.70	21.18 ± 1.86 ^a-c	104.05	26.93 ± 3.14 ^ab
-AHg	Cladosporium uredinicola A72	1.2	0.382 ± 0.070 ^bc	250.00	18.65 ± 2.63 ^a-f	79.67	24.60 ± 4.10 ^a-d
+AHg	Ascochyta medicaginicola A9	0.9	0.366 ± 0.047 ^bc	235.32	18.95 ± 3.43 ^a-e	82.56	25.50 ± 3.68 ^a-c
+AHg	Aspergillus sp.2 A31	0.9	0.300 ± 0.032 ^c	175.23	17.40 ± 1.13 ^b-g	67.63	30.76 ± 5.98 ^ab
+AHg	Scedosporium boydii A38	0.9	0.193 ± 0.041 ^de	77.06	11.73 ± 4.93 ^g-k	13.01	14.83 ± 2.32 ^a-d
+PHg	Colletotrichum sp. P42	1	0.189 ± 0.07 ^d	73.39	15.83 ± 4.33 ^b-h	52.5	21.75 ± 4.01 ^a-d
-AHg	Phlebiopsis sp. A75	1	0.161 ± 0.030 ^de	47.71	11.88 ± 3.49 ^g-k	14.45	20.70 ± 0.33 ^a-d
-AHg	Westerdykella sp.2 A47	1.1	0.153 ± 0.036 ^d-f	40.37	10.35 ± 1.61 ^h-k	-0.29	16.50 ± 1.53 ^a-d
+PHg	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides P24	1	0.152 ± 0.047 ^d-f	39.68	13.38 ± 2.44 ^e-k	28.9	20.85 ± 4.86 ^a-d
+PHg	Curvularia geniculata P1	0.9	0.152 ± 0.055 ^d-f	39.45	10.73 ± 3.16 ^h-k	3.37	12.76 ± 1.98 ^a-d
+PHg	Clonostachys rogersoniana P62	1	0.142 ± 0.036 ^d-f	29.82	9.98 ± 2.50 ^h-k	-3.85	20.33 ± 4.13 ^a-d
+PHg	Penicillium oxalicum P32	1.1	0.139 ± 0.024 ^d-f	27.29	12.48 ± 3.19 ^f-k	20.23	20.70 ± 0.99 ^a-d
+PHg	Phoma sp 2 P67	0.9	0.136 ± 0.041 ^d-f	24.31	10.63 ± 1.11 ^h-k	2.41	17.03 ± 2.86 ^a-d
-PHg	Westerdykella sp.1 P71	1	0.131 ± 0.033 ^d-f	20.18	10.55 ± 2.25 ^h-k	1.64	16.03 ± 4.70 ^a-d
+PHg	Cochliobolus geniculatus P59	1	0.131 ± 0.065 ^d-f	19.72	9.55 ± 3.95 ^h-k	-8	7.66 ± 0.17 ^a-d
-PHg	Diaporthe miriciae P96	0.9	0.129 ± 0.024 ^d-f	18.58	10.50 ± 2.97 ^h-k	1.16	21.33 ± 2.31 ^a-d
-AHg	Falciformispora sp.1 A49	1	0.129 ± 0.050 ^d-f	18.58	12.85 ± 4.65 ^e-k	23.8	21.73 ± 4.99 ^a-d
-PHg	Hongkongmyces pedis P107	0.9	0.127 ± 0.057 ^d-f	16.06	11.63 ± 3.16 ^g-k	12.04	19.76 ± 3.41 ^a-d
-PHg	Dokmaia sp. P113	0.9	0.119 ± 0.014 ^d-f	9.40	9.73 ± 0.71 ^h-k	-6.26	8.56 ± 1.86 ^a-d
-PHg	Cochliobolus sp. P86	2.1	0.119 ± 0.065 ^d-f	9.40	10.05 ± 1.05 ^h-k	-3.18	21.35 ± 2.27 ^a-d
+AHg	Ascomycota A17	1.5	0.113 ± 0.008 ^d-f	3.90	11.90 ± 0.62 ^g-k	14.64	12.05 ± 2.57 ^a-d
+AHg	Microsphaeropsis arundinis A36	1	0.108 ± 0.032 ^d-f	-0.69	9.93 ± 2.22 ^h-k	-4.34	7.65 ± 2.21 ^a-d
-AHg	Fusarium oxysporum A64	1	0.107 ± 0.050 ^d-f	-1.83	11.78 ± 1.79 ^g-k	13.49	3.46 ± 0.84 ^d
-AHg	Penicillium janthinellum A56	1	0.105 ± 0.037 ^d-f	-3.44	12.78 ± 2.40 ^e-k	23.12	7.10 ± 0.83 ^a-d
-PHg	Acrocalymma vagum P18	0.9	0.105 ± 0.070 ^d-f	-4.13	11.38 ± 3.88 ^g-k	9.63	7.26 ± 0.77 ^a-d
+AHg	Scedosporium apiospermum A42	0.9	0.086 ± 0.064 ^d-f	-20.87	7.43 ± 2.16 ^jk	-28.42	16.70 ± 2.14 ^a-d
-PHg	Clonostachys rhizophaga P89	1	0.078 ± 0.020 ^d-f	-28.13	10.57 ± 2.13 ^h-k	1.83	6.20 ± 0.67 ^b-d
-PHg	Trichoderma brevicompactum P35	1	0.074 ± 0.03 ^ef	-32.11	6.9 ± 0.95 ^k	-12.81	13.35 ± 2.82 ^a-d
+AHg	Aspergillus japonicus A32	1	0.070 ± 0.020 ^f	-35.89	9.05 ± 5.07 ^i-k	-33.53	4.15 ± 0.78 ^b-d
	C—Hg	-	0.179 ± 0.071 ^de	64.22	13.78 ± 5.05 ^d-j	32.76	20.47 ± 5.99 ^a-d
	C + Hg	-	0.109 ± 0.034 ^d-f	-	10.38 ± 3.37 ^h-k	-	6.13 ± 2.99 ^b-d

C-Hg No-inoculated plants without Hg and C+Hg No-inoculated plants with Hg. Letters in the same column do not differ statistically (¹ Duncan test, ² Growth promotion efficacy (%) and ³ Kruskal Wallis)