Table 4.
Pollutant removal efficiency (%) of three selected isolates and their combination after 12 days of incubation.
| Treatment | Parameters and their removal efficiency (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | EC (mS/cm) | BOD | COD | TN | TP | TSS | TS | TDS | |
| EF-01(A) | 8.48bc | 3.48bc | 73.55e | 76.78e | 54.43c | 41.8e | 66.74e | 54.69e | 53.02e |
| SL-10(C) | 8.22d | 3.52b | 77.97d | 79.61d | 56.7b | 49.1d | 77.9d | 63.0d | 61.02d |
| SO-25(D) | 8.41c | 3.44c | 84.0c | 82.67c | 48.1d | 56.36c | 80.5c | 70.18c | 68.81c |
| Comb 1(CD) | 8.54b | 3.49bc | 85.36b | 84.50b | 60.76b | 61.8b | 83.5b | 79.84b | 79.50b |
| Comb 2(ACD) | 8.65a | 3.67a | 94.85a | 93.25a | 77.21a | 78.18a | 90.3a | 88.5a | 88.2a |
| Control | 6.81e | 3.31d | 35.52f | 39.38f | 24.05e | 21.8f | 45.1f | 33.64f | 32.12f |
Note. Means followed by similar letters in each column are not significantly different at the 5% level (Duncan test). Legend: as listed in Table 3.