Relationships between Bacterial Tolerance Levels and Forms of Copper and Zinc in Soils
K. Saeki*,a,
T. Kunitob,
H. Oyaizuc and
S. Matsumotoc
a Biotron Institute, Kyushu Univ., Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
b Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime Univ., Bunkyo-cho 3, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
c Dep. of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The Univ. of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

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Fig. 1. Relationships between heavy metal tolerance level of the bacterial community (IC50Cu) and Cu in various fractions in soils.
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Fig. 2. Relationships between heavy metal tolerance level of the bacterial community (IC50Zn) and Zn in various fractions in soils.
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Fig. 3. Relationship between the total metal concentrations in the soils and those in the soil solutions.
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