TABLE 2.
Products formed after 30 days of incubation of CT with unadapted living methanol-grown granular sludge in the presence or absence of 50 mM BESA and with autoclaved methanol-grown sludge and in medium with no sludge added
| Prepn | BESA | Amt of CT and products from [13C]CT and [14C]CT (% of initial CT concn)
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| CT | LCMa | CS2 | 14CO2 | 14C-labeled biomassb | [13C]formate | 13CH4 | [13C]acetate | ||
| Medium | − | 98.3c | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Autoclaved | − | 2.9 | 5.1 | 50.6 | 23.3 | 18.8 | BDLd | BDL | BDL |
| Living | − | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 44.2 | 15.1 | BDL | BDL | BDL |
| Living | + | 0 | 28.0 | 0 | 34.9 | 8.8 | BDL | BDL | BDL |
a
Lower chlorinated methanes (CF, CDM, and MC).
b
CT carbon incorporated into biomass and adsorbed to the biomass.
c
Mean based on at least three determinations.
d
BDL, below detection limit.