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Table 1.

Synergistic effect of the bacterial strains (B. cereus and L. macroides) and ZnO NPs (5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mg/L) on the polluted water sample collected from Hayatabad Industrial Estate (HIE), Pakistan.

Treatments	Lead (0.24 mg/L)		Cadmium (1.40 mg/L)		Chromium (1.26 mg/L))		Copper (2.02 mg/L)
ZnO NPs	B. cereus	L. macroides	B. cereus	L. macroides	B. cereus	L. macroides	B. cereus	L. macroides
0 mg/L	0.20 + 0.1 ^ab	0.21 + 0.3 ^ef	1.33 + 0.2 ^ab	1.35 + 0.3 ^bc	1.23 + 0.2 ^cd	1.19 + 0.3 ^fg	1.18 + 0.21 ^bc	1.17 + 0.21 ^c
5 mg/L	0.11 + 0.2 ^bc	0.14 + 0.4 ^fg	1.22 + 0.3 ^cd	1.25 + 0.1 ^cd	1.11 + 0.3 ^fg	1.10 + 0.4 ^ef	1.11 + 0.21 ^cd	1.12 + 0.21 ^cde
10 mg/L	0.12 + 0.3 ^c	0.15 + 0.2 ^gh	1.25 + 0.1 ^cde	1.26 + 0.2 ^cd	1.15 + 0.4 ^efg	1.16 + 0.3 ^gh	1.08 + 0.21 ^cde	1.09 + 0.21 ^cd
15 mg/L	0.15 + 0.1 ^cd	0.18 + 0.1 ^efg	1.27 + 0.2 ^cd	1.28 + 0.3 ^c	1.17 + 0.5 ^bcd	1.18 + 0.2 ^fg	1.12 + 0.21 ^bc	1.13 + 0.21 ^bcd
20 mg/L	0.18 + 0.2 ^bc	0.19 + 0.2 ^fg	1.29 + 0.3 ^ab	1.30 + 0.4 ^bc	1.21 + 0.3 ^bc	1.22 + 0.1 ^c	1.15 + 0.21 ^a	1.16 + 0.21 ^abc
25 mg/L	0.18 + 0.1 ^abc	0.20 + 0.3 ^cd	1.29 + 0.4 ^ac	1.32 + 0.2 ^ab	1.22 + 0.3 ^ab	1.23 + 0.2 ^cd	1.19 + 0.21 ^ab	1.21 + 0.21 ^ab

Different alphabets appeared in superscript on each number showed statistically significant at 5% probability level.