Research Article

Effect of CuO Nanoparticles over Isolated Bacterial Strains from Agricultural Soil

Table 1

Pedologic and microbial soil characteristics.

Parameters

Physical properties
 % sand 71
 % silt13
 % clay16
 pH6.80
 % organic matter 0.29
 % CaCO31.54
 C.H. (cm⋅h−1)5.71
 % saturation42.5
 C.E. (mmhos⋅cm−1)0.75
Fertility
 N-NO3 (kg⋅ha−1)2.16 103
 P (kg⋅ha−1)31.0
 K (mg⋅L−1)3.62 102
 Ca (mg⋅L−1)10.17 103
 Mg (mg⋅L−1)9.62 102
 Na (mg⋅L−1)20.62 102
 Cu (mg⋅L−1)0.60
 Fe (mg⋅L−1)1.80
 Mn (mg⋅L−1)5.22
 Zn (mg⋅L−1)71.82
Microbiological properties
 CFU
  AGEL (Actinobacteria) (CFU⋅mL−1)5.3 102
  M9 (coliform) (CFU⋅mL−1)8.6 104
  YPS (aerobic bacteria, Bacilli) (CFU⋅mL−1)5.2 104
  LB (enteric bacteria) (CFU⋅mL−1)5.9 104
 MPN (cell⋅[gsoil]−1)2.1 105
 FDA ([gFDA]⋅mL−1)21.6 ± 0.021