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. 2018 Apr 17;8(26):14201–14211. doi: 10.1039/c8ra01268g

Proportion of the high, moderate, and low effective element solubilizers isolated from the less and more altered rock and soil samples.

Proportiona (%)
Less altered rock More altered rock Soil sample
Highly effective element solubilizer
Si 6 ± 1c 36 ± 4b 76 ± 7a
Al 96 ± 8a 88 ± 7a 52 ± 5b
Fe 38 ± 5a 30 ± 3a 22 ± 3b
Si + Al 6 ± 1c 12 ± 2b 18 ± 2a
Si + Fe 0 10 ± 2a 0
Al + Fe 38 ± 5a 10 ± 2b 0
Si + Al + Fe 0 20 ± 3a 18 ± 1a
Moderately effective element solubilizer
Si 80 ± 6a 56 ± 6b 22 ± 3c
Al 4 ± 1c 12 ± 2b 32 ± 3a
Fe 32 ± 2a 32 ± 3a 18 ± 2b
Si + Al 2 ± 1b 8 ± 2a 8 ± 2a
Si + Fe 24 ± 2a 20 ± 3a 8 ± 2b
Al + Fe 0 0 4 ± 1a
Si + Al + Fe 0 2 ± 1a 0
Least effective element solubilizer
Si 14 ± 2a 8 ± 1b 2 ± 1c
Al 0 0 16 ± 2a
Fe 30 ± 2c 38 ± 4b 60 ± 5a
Si + Al 0 0 0
Si + Fe 2 ± 1a 4 ± 1a 2 ± 1a
Al + Fe 0 0 16 ± 2a
Si + Al + Fe 0 0 0
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If ± standard deviation is followed by the same letter within a line, then the values are not significantly different (P > 0.05) according to Tukey’s test.