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Table 1 Initial PCB congeners concentrations and percent degradation in myco-augmented and control microcosms

From: Bioaugmentation of a historically contaminated soil by polychlorinated biphenyls with Lentinus tigrinus

Target soil PCBs (congener)

Initial concentration (mg kg-1 soil)

Average depletion (%)*

 

Soil as such

Soil with SO

ICM

ICSOM

Lt M

Lt SOM

2,6-/2,2'-CB

1.35 ± 0.004

1.05 ± 0.003

85.6c

0.0a

44.6b

0.0a

2,4-/2,5-CB

0.09 ± 0.001

0.12 ± 0.003

94.3b

16.2a

37.2a

21.7a

2,3'-CB

0.43 ± 0.001

0.35 ± 0.003

0.0a

36.1b

89.1c

33.7b

2,4'-/2,3-CB

0.11 ± 0.001

0.08 ± 0.001

100b

39.5a

82.7b

47.3a

2,2',6-CB

2.73 ± 0.000

2.62 ± 0.004

37.9b

23.2a

59.4c

23.9a

2,2',5-/2,2',4-/4,4'-CB

39.33 ± 0.053

36.15 ± 0.097

44.2b

23.9a

52.9c

25.4a

2,3,6-/2,3',6-CB

3.07 ± 0.000

2.87 ± 0.009

42.7b

24.8a

50.8c

27.0a

2,2',3-/2,4',6-CB

16.14 ± 0.018

14.99 ± 0.045

41.0b

25.3a

50.1c

27.3a

2',3,5-CB

0.23 ± 0.001

0.21 ± 0.002

48.0b

29.1a

45.6b

31.8a

2,4,5-CB

0.21 ± 0.001

0.18 ± 0.000

48.7c

26.5a

51.9d

29.5b

2,3',5-CB

7.29 ± 0.007

6.66 ± 0.019

39.2c

25.2a

43.1d

28.9b

2,3',4-CB

2.28 ± 0.007

2.04 ± 0.004

38.9c

23.6a

43.3d

26.0b

2,4',5-/2,4,4'-CB

60.03 ± 0.111

55.17 ± 0.157

37.7c

25.8a

40.8d

29.1b

2,3,3'-/2',3,4-/2,2',5,6'-CB

7.45 ± 0.009

6.77 ± 0.019

36.7c

23.7a

42.9d

26.7b

2,2',4,6'-/2,3,4'-CB

27.83 ± 0.041

25.60 ± 0.070

34.9c

26.1a

41.6d

29.3b

2,2',3,6-CB

6.57 ± 0.008

6.15 ± 0.017

37.6b

27.1a

47.2c

29.8a

2,2',3,6'-CB

3.09 ± 0.001

2.90 ± 0.009

35.4b

30.5a

49.9c

31.5a

2,2',5,5'-CB

26.04 ± 0.035

24.31 ± 0.063

35.9c

26.3a

39.8d

29.9b

2,2',4,5'-CB

18.55 ± 0.022

17.24 ± 0.065

36.0c

26.6a

40.0d

30.1b

2,2',4,4'-/2,2',4,5-/2,4,4',6-CB

9.55 ± 0.018

8.83 ± 0.010

36.5c

26.8a

42.8d

30.3b

3,3',4-CB

0.85 ± 0.002

0.79 ± 0.006

30.7ab

27.4a

36.8b

32.8b

2,2',3,5'-CB

18.83 ± 0.039

17.44 ± 0.034

34.2c

25.3a

38.3d

29.2b

3,4,4'-/2,3,3',6-/2,2',3,4'-CB

10.38 ± 0.013

9.54 ± 0.032

31.7c

26.9a

38.2d

30.1b

2,2',3,4-/2,3,4',6-CB

20.96 ± 0.037

19.39 ± 0.055

33.2c

27.9a

39.8d

31.9b

2,2',3,3'-CB

6.01 ± 0.006

5.56 ± 0.017

31.1c

26.6a

40.6d

29.8b

2,3',4,5-CB

2.45 ± 0.001

2.39 ± 0.008

28.9a

28.6a

35.5c

32.6b

2,3,4',5-CB

1.23 ± 0.001

1.11 ± 0.003

28.1b

26.0a

29.6b

28.9b

2,4,4',5-CB

12.83 ± 0.011

12.07 ± 0.045

30.2b

27.6a

33.3d

31.0c

2,3',4',5-CB

21.95 ± 0.030

20.60 ± 0.071

29.6b

27.5a

34.1d

30.7c

2,2',3,5',6-CB

25.58 ± 0.049

24.07 ± 0.070

28.2a

25.4b

33.1c

28.0a

2,2',3,4',6-CB

1.20 ± 0.001

1.15 ± 0.003

30.5a

31.0a

32.0a

32.4ab

2,3,4,4'-/2,3,3',4'-CB

18.78 ± 0.032

17.44 ± 0.051

28.3a

27.4a

34.2c

30.1b

2,2',3,5,5'-CB

4.42 ± 0.005

4.25 ± 0.022

27.0a

25.5a

30.6c

28.6b

2,2',3,3',6-CB

8.47 ± 0.032

7.92 ± 0.022

31.0b

28.0a

36.9c

30.3b

2,2',3,4',5/2,2',4,5,5'-CB

30.81 ± 0.052

29.22 ± 0.040

25.2a

24.6a

30.6c

26.9b

2,2',4,4',5-CB

7.49 ± 0.013

7.34 ± 0.004

28.6a

30.0b

32.2c

32.1c

2,3',4,4',6-CB

0.33 ± 0.002

0.23 ± 0.184

28.1b

0.1a

0.3a

0.0a

2,2',3,3',5-CB

1.29 ± 0.016

1.36 ± 0.006

28.5b

29.0b

16.2a

32.0c

2,2',3',4,5-CB

6.77 ± 0.002

6.44 ± 0.008

28.7b

25.2a

31.2c

28.9b

2,2',3,4,5'/2,3,4,4',6-CB

12.10 ± 0.008

11.40 ± 0.017

27.2a

27.0a

31.7c

29.8b

2,2',3,4,4'-CB

3.09 ± 0.002

3.06 ± 0.052

25.7a

30.9b

29.8b

37.3c

2,2',3,3',6,6'-CB

8.43 ± 0.017

8.01 ± 0.042

23.5a

22.3a

28.3b

24.4a

2,3,3',4',6-CB

19.87 ± 0.010

18.75 ± 0.010

25.6a

25.7a

30.5c

27.9b

2,2',3,5,5',6-CB

11.81 ± 0.008

11.30 ± 0.023

21.2a

22.1a

26.4c

23.9b

2,2',3,3',5,6'-CB

8.85 ± 0.008

8.47 ± 0.016

21.3a

22.6a

25.1b

24.2b

2,3,3',4',5-CB

0.91 ± 0.000

0.91 ± 0.009

26.3a

26.3a

54.0b

31.2b

2,2',3,4',5',6/2,3',4,4',5-CB

34.83 ± 0.024

33.30 ± 0.067

22.0a

23.5b

27.2d

25.3c

2,2',3,3',5,6-CB

2.94 ± 0.007

2.79 ± 0.006

22.5a

23.4a

28.2c

25.2b

2,2',3,3',4,6/2',3,3',4,5-CB

2.60 ± 0.002

2.51 ± 0.007

21.7a

24.2b

29.1d

26.8c

2,2',3,4',5,5'-CB

5.51 ± 0.005

5.38 ± 0.011

20.1a

24.3b

26.7c

26.1c

2,2',3,3',4,6'/2,2',4,4',5,5'/2,3,3',4,4'-CB

60.87 ± 0.069

58.57 ± 0.145

20.3a

23.4b

26.6c

25.1c

2,2',3,4,5,5'/2,2',3,3',5,6,6'-CB

13.51 ± 0.019

12.99 ± 0.033

18.8a

21.6b

24.7c

23.3c

2,2',3,3',4,5' + 2,2',3,3',4,6,6'/2,2',3,4,4',5-CB

3.92 ± 0.007

3.79 ± 0.012

18.4a

21.6b

24.9c

23.4c

2,3,3',4,5,6/2,2',3,4,4',5'/2,3,3',4,4',6-CB

34.54 ± 0.088

33.22 ± 0.137

20.6a

23.9b

26.8c

25.6c

2,2',3,3',4,5/2,2',3,3',5,5',6-CB

6.67 ± 0.002

6.48 ± 0.009

13.2a

17.9b

20.9d

19.3c

2,2',3,3',4,5',6 + 2,2',3,4',5,5',6-CB

10.52 ± 0.020

10.26 ± 0.036

15.4a

19.9b

22.2b

21.3b

2,2',3,3',4',6,6'-CB

4.89 ± 0.009

4.76 ± 0.016

16.8a

21.1b

20.4c

22.6c

2,2',3,4,4',5',6 + 2,2',3,3',4',4' + 2,3',4,4',5,5'-CB

9.87 ± 0.012

9.54 ± 0.040

20.6a

24.5b

27.0c

26.5c

2,2',3,4,5,5',6-CB

3.15 ± 0.002

3.08 ± 0.011

14.8a

19.6b

21.0b

21.2b

2,2',3,3',4,5,6'-CB

10.35 ± 0.021

10.06 ± 0.027

16.0a

20.4b

22.7b

21.8b

2,2',3,3',4',5,6-CB

5.92 ± 0.012

5.76 ± 0.019

16.0a

20.7b

22.8d

22.1c

2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6'/2,2',3,3',4,4',6/2,3,3',4,4',5-CB

10.61 ± 0.014

10.70 ± 0.040

16.0a

23.2c

22.0b

24.9d

2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6'/2,3,3',4,4',5'/2,2',3,3',4,5',6,6'-CB

3.73 ± 0.012

3.63 ± 0.016

12.1a

17.6b

20.4d

19.2c

2,2',3,3',4,5,5' + 2,2',3,3',4,4',6,6'-CB

2.30 ± 0.003

2.08 ± 0.012

20.1a

19.4a

27.6c

21.0b

2,2',3,4,4',5,5' + 2,3,3',4',5,5',6-CB

22.51 ± 0.043

22.07 ± 0.075

15.9a

21.4b

23.3c

23.0c

2,3,3',4,4',5',6-CB

0.82 ± 0.006

0.84 ± 0.009

15.2a

22.2b

16.6a

23.2b

2,2',3,3',4,5,6,6'-CB

0.91 ± 0.001

0.89 ± 0.003

8.3a

14.9b

12.6c

16.2c

3,3',4,4',5,5'-CB

0.11 ± 0.000

0.08 ± 0.001

26.1a

25.9a

39.3b

26.6a

2,2',3,3',4,4',5/2,3,3',4,4',5,6-CB

14.21 ± 0.029

13.90 ± 0.047

15.6a

21.0b

22.9c

22.7c

2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6-CB

0.21 ± 0.00

0.21 ± 0.001

35.1a

41.4b

42.3b

41.8b

2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6 + 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6'

2.82 ± 0.003

2.77 ± 0.008

13.1a

19.1b

19.7b

22.8c

2,2',3,4,4',5,5',6/2,2',3,3',4,4',5',6-CB

3.82 ± 0.002

3.79 ± 0.020

12.8a

19.5b

19.7b

23.1c

2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-CB

0.34 ± 0.001

0.34 ± 0.000

16.3a

22.0b

24.1c

24.6c

2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6,6'/2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-CB

1.82 ± 0.001

1.79 ± 0.005

12.0a

18.1b

20.0b

19.7b

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6,6'-CB

0.11 ± 0.000

0.11 ± 0.000

10.3c

13.2b

11.5a

14.8c

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-CB

2.97 ± 0.005

2.96 ± 0.011

13.0a

19.8b

16.7b

21.9c

2,3,3',4,4',5,5',6-CB

0.29 ± 0.011

0.26 ± 0.000

16.8c

14.2b

21.3d

21.1a

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-CB

0.93 ± 0.052

0.91 ± 0.064

0.0a

0.0a

0.0a

5.1b

Overall PCBs

776.3 ± 1.2

733.9 ± 2.3

28.0

24.5

33.8

26.9

  1. Initial PCB congeners concentrations in maize stalk-amended soil in the absence (Soil as such) and in the presence of soybean oil (Soil with SO) and removals (%) in the respective controls (i.e, ICM and ICSOM) and in the Lentinus tigrinus-augmented microcosms (Lt M and Lt SOM) after 60 d at 28°C.
  2. †Data are mean ± standard deviation of two independent experiments; * Multiple pairwise comparisons were performed between row means (P ≤ 0.05); lowercase letters indicate absence of statistically significant differences.