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. 2021 May 17;11:10448. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89769-1

Table 2.

Physicochemical characterization of rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere substrates from mine tailings and surrounding soil.

Substrate parameters †,¶ Substrates
Tambillos tailings Huana tailings Surrounding soil Fresh tailings
R N-R R N-R R N-R N-R
Soil pH soil:H2O 1:1 7.89 ± 0.19 7.14 ± 1.0 7.95 ± 0.17 7.52 ± 1.46 8.35 ± 0.42 7.09 ± 0.69 7.69 ± 0.15
EC (mS cm−1) 2.6 ± 0.7↑ 5.2 ± 0.5↑↑ 3.5 ± 1.0↑ 7.2 ± 2.1↑↑ 0.3 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.3↑↑
CEC (meq 100 g−1) 27.0 ± 8.9 8.7 ± 4.9 31.7 ± 6.8 6.7 ± 3.1 35.0 ± 11.4 14.7 ± 5.1 24. 3 ± 7.1
DOC (mg L−1) 42.5 ± 17.0 21.5 ± 6.0 25.0 ± 5.0 6.0 ± 2.5 98.0 ± 11.0 34.0 ± 10.5 ND‡‡
Soluble SO42− (g L−1) 0.52 ± 0.2↑↑ 2.97 ± 0.39 0.88 ± 0.49↑↑ 1.73 ± 0.26 0.03 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.08 0.94 ± 0.28↑↑
Texture (%)
 < 2 µm 12.8 ± 3.8 13.6 ± 10 23.1 ± 8.1 10.3 ± 5 15.4 ± 7.8 16.9 ± 6 24.9 ± 11.3
50–2 µm 35.1 ± 4.6 43.6 ± 13 53.0 ± 8.4 36.5 ± 18 14.9 ± 15.1 22.2 ± 9 60.2 ± 23.7
200–50 µm 52.2 ± 6.3 42.8 ± 19 23.9 ± 12.1 53.1 ± 21 69.8 ± 22.9 60.9 ± 11 16.0 ± 29.7
Soil type Loam Loam Silty loam Sandy loam Sandy loam Sandy Loam Silty loam

R rhizosphere, N-R non-rhizosphere, EC electrical conductivity, CEC cation exchange capacity, DOC dissolved organic carbon.

Values are given as mean and standard error (2–6 replicates).

↑ High, or ↑↑ very high, according to standard analytical soil parameters.

‡‡ND: not determined.