Table 5.
Effect of supplementary carbon and nitrogen sources on microbial activity after a 72-h period. Values are mean ± SD of triplicate sets.
LB medium | Carbon substrate | Nitrogen Substrate | |||||
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Control | Starch | Glycerol | Glucose | NaNO3 | Urea | Peptone | |
OD 600 nm | 0.586 ± 0.01 | 0.981 ± 0.02 | 0.671 ± 0.02 | 0.931 ± 0.04 | 0.712 ± 0.04 | 0.475 ± 0.06 | 0.623 ± .0.03 |