Table 3.

Bioadsorption efficiency (%) of PAHs from the aqueous solution by the live biomass of mycobiome derived from the oily effluents.

Strain	PAHs
	Acenaphthylene	Acenaphthene		Phenanthrene			Anthracene	Fluoranthene		Pyrene		Benz[a] anthracene	Chrysene	Benzo[a] pyrene
	Adsorption efficiency (%)
AHM50	20.38 ± 0.44		18.40 ± 0.28		26.19 ± 0.13	75.38 ± 1.28			72.28 ± 0.62		60.32 ± 1.52	58.00 ± 0.94	70.18 ± 1.20		25.10 ± 0.81
AHM55	45.10 ± 0.70		23.51 ± 0.34		38.20 ± 0.25	66.14 ± 1.16			75.18 ± 0.66		72.00 ± 1.59	63.37 ± 1.15	50.69 ± 0.80		56.22 ± 1.59
AHM60	28.19 ± 0.49		40.16 ± 0.57		65.11 ± 0.45	50.16 ± 0.86			81.40 ± 0.71		59.50 ± 1.46	44.18 ± 0.80	72.44 ± 1.14		73.15 ± 1.90
AHM65	61.22 ± 0.88		35.28 ± 0.51		60.71 ± 0.49	41.72 ± 0.75			66.85 ± 0.50		64.30 ± 1.55	60.10 ± 0.99	46.00 ± 0.73		18.68 ± 0.60
AHM69	83.55 ± 1.24		80.90 ± 0.95		84.31 ± 0.69	90.25 ± 1.34			80.60 ± 0.80		72.14 ± 1.74	69.20 ± 1.06	79.99 ± 1.40		63.71 ± 1.89
AHM70	40.17 ± 0.63		60.21 ± 0.62		30.90 ± 0.19	71.14 ± 1.22			90.50 ± 0.80		70.19 ± 1.67	51.11 ± 0.90	70.48 ± 1.19		42.29 ± 1.50
AHM75	33.12 ± 0.52		75.00 ± 0.89		62.15 ± 0.44	65.90 ± 1.08			78.18 ± 0.62		80.34 ± 1.84	46.20 ± 0.82	83.20 ± 1.58		50.13 ± 1.62
AHM80	70.54 ± 1.05		58.22 ± 0.66		50.27 ± 0.36	74.33 ± 1.33			60.13 ± 0.45		78.00 ± 1.90	71.00 ± 1.20	90.16 ± 1.65		39.42 ± 1.40
AHM85	50.18 ± 0.71		44.62 ± 0.50		23.94 ± 0.09	50.88 ± 0.87			80.11 ± 0.70		52.95 ± 1.30	30.70 ± 0.60	44.05 ± 0.78		70.11 ± 1.99
AHM90	28.55 ± 0.47		77.50 ± 0.89		80.00 ± 0.72	53.26 ± 0.92			64.92 ± 0.55		71.18 ± 1.68	61.99 ± 1.00	38.90 ± 0.65		50.92 ± 1.68
AHM96	59.21 ± 0.79		50.76 ± 0.61		63.35 ± 0.50	76.27 ± 1.00			90.93 ± 0.86		95.19 ± 2.23	86.15 ± 1.33	91.26 ± 1.60		79.42 ± 2.15
AHM100	22.17 ± 0.38		43.18 ± 0.51		55.29 ± 0.41	59.40 ± 0.88			44.10 ± 0.30		38.11 ± 0.79	50.10 ± 0.91	60.04 ± 0.91		20.93 ± 0.72
AHM105	34.00 ± 0.51		60.35 ± 0.68		74.35 ± 0.63	70.23 ± 1.16			81.75 ± 0.69		80.19 ± 1.77	67.15 ± 1.20	71.31 ± 0.98		65.20 ± 1.94
AHM110	65.29 ± 0.96		50.29 ± 0.59		58.00 ± 0.42	49.50 ± 0.82			70.36 ± 0.63		67.50 ± 1.60	70.20 ± 0.25	88.51 ± 1.50		19.56 ± 0.75
AHM115	49.77 ± 0.56		31.50 ± 0.38		40.32 ± 0.30	58.16 ± 0.80			80.20 ± 0.72		48.37 ± 0.85	81.10 ± 1.40	90.18 ± 1.58		71.26 ± 1.98
AHM120	41.20 ± 0.64		59.10 ± 0.72		50.15 ± 0.39	39.83 ± 0.63			67.19 ± 0.55		70.00 ± 1.52	40.25 ± 0.79	52.00 ± 0.84		68.83 ± 1.84
AHM125	18.19 ± 0.32		66.13 ± 0.79		61.40 ± 0.46	55.18 ± 0.96			86.00 ± 0.74		82.62 ± 1.90	60.18 ± 0.98	76.20 ± 1.14		25.48 ± 0.86
AHM130	50.14 ± 0.66		74.21 ± 0.84		59.83 ± 0.50	62.50 ± 1.02			88.16 ± 0.93		32.77 ± 0.72	27.19 ± 0.48	70.25 ± 0.99		69.52 ± 1.79
AHM135	78.00 ± 1.12		40.50 ± 0.51		30.81 ± 0.19	73.32 ± 1.21			60.02 ± 0.49		30.15 ± 0.66	51.66 ± 0.83	90.00 ± 1.47		43.66 ± 1.40
AHM140	39.54 ± 0.37		73.00 ± 0.81		63.10 ± 0.50	51.29 ± 0.79			78.00 ± 0.72		88.45 ± 2.13	66.82 ± 1.32	50.16 ± 0.81		64.24 ± 1.78

Averages are from triplicate experiments. Initial PAHs concentrations were 500 mg/L.