Table 6 Enzymatic activity of soil after wheat harvest as dependent on the soil inoculation and the moisture level.

From: Plant growth promotion mechanisms of bacteria isolated from a long-term reclaimed smelter waste deposit

Moisture

Inoculation

Acid phosphatase activity

Alkaline phosphatase activity

Dehydrogenase activity

  

[µg PNP/g dm h]

[µg PNP/g dm h]

[µg TTC/ g dm h]

Optimal

Control

17.48 ± 0.76b

40,88 ± 3.50b

50.49 ± 6.06c

Optimal

LC7

18.08 ± 0.55b

50.22 ± 2.24a

61.39 ± 6.43bc

Optimal

LC8

19.26 ± 0.31a

43.10 ± 4.66b

69.83 ± 2.40b

Optimal

LC11

17.96 ± 0.46b

42.82 ± 0.73b

82.22 ± 5.41a

Low

Control

11.48 ± 1.97b

35,17 ± 3.53b

44.65 ± 2.49b

Low

LC7

15.39 ± 0.56a

37,30 ± 2.47ab

62.98 ± 2.74a

Low

LC8

14.03 ± 1.88ab

42,92 ± 3.91a

59.43 ± 3.91a

Low

LC11

15.59 ± 1.75ab

36,80 ± 2.40b

65.83 ± 3.57a

  1. Means marked with the same letter did not differ significantly across the inoculation treatments within the soil moisture level (p < 0.05, n = 3) according to the Tukey test.