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Table 1 The yield of tellurite and selenite removal in different cultures

From: Simultaneous bioreduction of tellurite and selenite by Yarrowia lipolytica, Trichosporon cutaneum, and their co-culture along with characterization of biosynthesized Te–Se nanoparticles

 

Separate cultures

Co-contaminant cultures

 

Tellurite

reduction (%)

Selenite

reduction (%)

Tellurite

reduction (%)

Selenite

reduction (%)

Y. lipolytica

76.11 ± 1.98 a

26.90 ± 4.15 a

94.60 ± 0.49 c

22.23 ± 1.46 a

T. cutaneum

56.45 ± 3.19 b

42.18 ± 2.86 b

96.39 ± 0.13 c

61.54 ± 0.83 c

Co-culture

74.28 ± 3.80 a

56.17 ± 3.48 c

97.01 ± 0.38 c

57.69 ± 2.37 c

  1. Values are mean (n = 3) ± SD
  2. Different alphabets in tellurite and selenite columns represent significance at p < 0.05 after applying post hoc Tukey’s test
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