Table 4.

Phytotoxicity of CR on pepper seedlings before and after biodegradation by Lac, LiP and MnP. (The different letters indicate significant differences among the conditions, p < 0.05 (combined: LiP + MnP + Lac).)

parameters	water	CR	CR degraded by Lac	CR degraded by LiP	CR degraded by MnP	CR degraded by combined
leaf length (cm)	2.40 ± 0.08a	1.33 ± 0.12c	1.97 ± 0.12b	2.33 ± 0.12a	1.83 ± 0.17b	2.36 ± 0.09a
shoot length (cm)	7.97 ± 0.37a	5.10 ± 0.14b	6.40 ± 0.43b	8.37 ± 1.39a	5.13 ± 0.19b	8.00 ± 1.41a
root length (cm)	6.50 ± 0.57a	3.67 ± 0.24c	5.00 ± 0.81b	6.57 ± 0.49a	5.56 ± 0.09ab	6.46 ± 0.61a
weight (g)	0.19 ± 0.01a	0.14 ± 0.01a	0.17 ± 0.01a	0.21 ± 0.04a	0.19 ± 0.01a	0.20 ± 0.01a