. 2000 Jun;66(6):2392–2399. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.6.2392-2399.2000

TABLE 5.

Syntrophic degradation of cyclohexane

Microorganism(s)	Carbon source(s)	Extent of degradation for cyclohexane (%)^a	Final amt (μmol) of:
Microorganism(s)	Carbon source(s)	Extent of degradation for cyclohexane (%)^a	Cyclohexane	Cyclohexanone	Cyclohexene
A. lwoffii IFP 2149	Cyclohexane	<5^b	23.0^b	<0.1^b	<0.1^b
	2,2,4-Trimethylpentane + cyclohexane	<5^b	24.7^b	<0.1^b	<0.1^b
Mycobacterium sp. strain IFP 2173	Cyclohexane	<5^b	23.4^b	1.2^b	<0.1^b
	2,2,4-Trimethylpentane + cyclohexane	62 ± 4^c	9.2 ± 0.7^c	12.4 ± 0.8^c	1.2 ± 0.2^c
Mycobacterium sp. strain IFP 2173 + A. lwoffii IFP 2149	Cyclohexane	<5^b	24.9^b	<0.1^b	<0.1^b
	2,2,4-Trimethylpentane + cyclohexane	65 ± 5^c	8.4 ± 0.9^c	<0.1^c	1.2 ± 0.1^c

The degradation rates were calculated as described in Materials and Methods. The amount of cyclohexane recovered in abiotic flasks was 23.9 ± 1.3 μmol.

The value is the mean based on the values obtained for two test flasks.

The values are the mean ± standard deviation based on the values obtained for three test flasks.