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. 2018 May 22;6:e4802. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4802

Table 2. Details of the soil treatments used in the experiment.

Treatment name Description/Dose
1. Control Soil without any amendment.
2. Dye treatment Soil spiked with Reactive Black 5 Dye (RB 5, 30 mg kg−1 soil).
3. Bacteria treatment Soil inoculated with Pseudomonas sp. RA20 (Hussain et al., 2013).
4. Dye + bacteria treatment Soil spiked with RB 5 (30 mg kg−1 soil) as well as inoculated with Pseudomonas sp. RA20.
5. Litter treatment Soil amended with maize litter (1 g C kg−1 soil).
6. Dye + litter treatment Soil amended with RB 5 (30 mg kg−1 soil) and maize litter (1 g C kg−1 soil).
7. Dye + litter + bacteria treatment Soil amended with RB 5 (30 mg kg−1 soil) and maize litter (1 g C kg−1 soil) and inoculated with Pseudomonas sp. RA20.