Table 5.
Heavy metal scavenging potential of T. asperellum NAIMCC-F-03167 and H. nigricans NAIMCC-F-03168 from the heavy metal amended broth medium
| Isolates | Weekly scavenging potential of heavy metals from the broth medium | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial concentration (µg) | Cadmium (µg) | Lead (µg) | |||||||
| 7 days | 14 days | 21 days | % Cd scavenging after 21 days | 7 days | 14 days | 21 days | % Pb scavenging after 21 days | ||
| T. asperellum NAIMCC-F-03167 | 10 | 5.32 | 6.37 | 7.01 | 70.1 | 2.8 | 6.33 | 7.02 | 70.2 |
| 20 | 14.27 | 15.63 | 16.66 | 83.3 | 7.85 | 15.94 | 16.06 | 80.3 | |
| 30 | 23.95 | 25.54 | 26.66 | 88.9 | 2.84 | 23.38 | 24.39 | 81.3 | |
| H. nigricans NAIMCC-F-03168 | 10 | 4.91 | 6.24 | 6.97 | 69.7 | 1.36 | 4.98 | 5.52 | 55.2 |
| 20 | 14.22 | 15.54 | 16.46 | 82.3 | 2.29 | 13.38 | 16.19 | 81.0 | |
| 30 | 23.95 | 25.29 | 26.16 | 87.2 | 7.83 | 13.51 | 26.44 | 88.1 | |
| SD | 8.43 | 8.55 | 8.69 | 2.90 | 6.72 | 8.60 | |||
| SEM | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.55 | 1.18 | 2.74 | 3.51 | |||