Figure 5.

The effect of continuous betaxanthins production on microbial degradation of ELM constructs. a) Continuous betaxanthin production from ELM-SC-BXN over 5 d. b) CD spectra of BSA and BSA+BXN (wherein betaxanthin was exogenously added to a solution of BSA). c) Uniaxial compression experiments were performed to obtain the moduli for BSA-PEGDA, ELM-SC-BXN and ELM-SC-WT. d) Mass change of BSA-PEGDA, ELM-SC-BXN and ELM-SC-WT during degradation and e) optical images of BSA-PEGDA, ELM-SC-BXN and ELM-SC-WT over 30 d degradation period. Statistical analysis: one-way ANOVA followed by Welch Test. Each data point represents the mean (n = 3) and error bars represent standard deviation.