. 2018 Sep 21;190(10):602. doi: 10.1007/s10661-018-6979-6

Table 3.

Coefficients of impact (IF) of an alleviating substance for enzyme activity and number of microorganisms in soil pollution with o-cresol

Dose of o-cresol mg kg⁻¹ d.m. of soil	Enzyme activity
Dose of o-cresol mg kg⁻¹ d.m. of soil	DEH	URE	PAC	PAL	CAT	ARYL	GLU
0	0.921^b	6.291^a	1.465^a	1.701^a	10.001^b	2.654^a	0.847^b
0.1	0.778^c	2.785^b	0.961^b	1.615^b	17.932^a	2.144^a	0.826^b
1	0.910^b	2.375^b	0.934^b	1.684^b	4.809^c	2.498^a	1.028^a
10	0.942^b	2.826^b	0.981^b	1.655^b	4.644^c	2.353^a	1.066^a
50	1.070^a	1.903^b	0.955^b	1.815^b	3.299^d	0.970^b	1.076^a
Average	0.924^z	3.236^w	1.059^z	1.694^y	8.137^u	2.124^x	0.969^z
r	0.810*	− 0.496*	− 0.310	0.802*	− 0.536*	− 0.929*	0.607*
	Number of microorganisms
	Am	Im	Arth	Ps	Org	Fun	Act	Az
0	1.248^b	3.372^b	5.025^a	4.608^a	1.241^c	1.004^c	1.324^b	0.312^b
0.1	1.514^ab	3.816^a	4.331^ab	3.783^ab	1.881^b	1.084^c	2.655^a	1.778^a
1	1.876^ab	3.502^b	5.039^a	3.222^b	1.984^b	1.463^b	2.869^a	0.527^b
10	2.006^a	3.373^b	4.665^a	2.858^b	2.670^a	0.902^c	1.610^b	0.279^b
50	1.886^ab	1.832^c	3.140^b	5.113^a	2.799^a	3.177^a	1.896^b	0.273^b
Average	1.706^xy	3.179^w	4.440^t	3.917^u	2.115^x	1.526^y	2.071^x	0.634^z
r	0.323	− 0.975*	− 0.855*	− 0.765*	0.724*	0.934*	0.944*	− 0.387

Homogeneous groups specified in columns, for each enzyme and group of microorganisms, depending on the increasing doses of o-cresol. r, the correlation coefficient. *Significant for P = 0.05, n = 14