Adaptability assessment of Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus terreus isolated from long-term municipal/industrial effluent-irrigated soils to cadmium stress

Table 3 Preliminary responses of fungal isolates to 100 mg/l CdCl₂, plates were incubated at 28 °C for 7 days

Fungal isolates	Absence of CdCl₂ ( control )	Presence of 100 mg/L CdCl₂	TI
Fungal isolates	Colony area diameter (cm)	Colony diameter (cm)	TI
1	5.46 ± 0.144b	0 h	0
2	8.20 ± 0.216a	0.53 ± 0.014e	6.46
3	8.20 ± 0.216a	5.03 ± 0.133a	61.34
4	8.20 ± 0.216a	3.97 ± 0.105c	48.41
5	8.20 ± 0.216a	0.43 ± 0.011ef	5.24
6	8.20 ± 0.216a	1.80 ± 0.048d	21.95
7	3.96 ± 0.104c	0.46 ± 0.012ef	11.61
8	5.33 ± 0.141b	4.53 ± 0.120b	84.99
9	2.13 ± 0.056d	0.27 ± 0.007 g	12.67
10	0.96 ± 0.025e	0.53 ± 0.014e	55.20
11	8.20 ± 0.216a	1.90 ± 0.050d	23.17
12	8.20 ± 0.216a	3.97 ± 0.105c	48.41

*The data in the table was mean ± standard error of the means (N = 3). Letters indicate statistical significance at p ≤ 0.05 level

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