Table 2 Screening of metal tolerant bacterial isolates through their minimal inhibition concentration (MIC) in LB media containing 3 different metals

Isolate 1

Enterobacter sp.

90

10

30

A1LY

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

90

60

20

Isolate 2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

200

200

< 10

Isolate 3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

200

200

< 10

A3SWS

Delftia tsuruhatensis

30

10

< 10

B1SS

Enterobacter asburiae

90

30

10

Isolate 4

Raoultella ornithinolytica

60

40

10

Isolate 5

Raoultella ornithinolytica

60

40

10

Isolate 6

Achromobacter sp.

70

10

10

C1

Enterobacter cloacae

200

170

90

C1 Acid

Enterobacter cloacae NZS

200

170

90

C3 OSS

Chryseobacterium sp.

30

< 10

30

C3SD

Cupriavidus sp.

80

10

< 10

Isolate 7

Enterobacter hormaechei

90

130

< 10

C1 Blue 1

Chromobacterium violaceum

80

100

< 10

C1 Blue 2

Chromobacterium sp.

30

10

< 10

C1 Blue 3

Klebsiella sp.

70

10

< 10