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TABLE 3.

Degradation and mineralization of R. wratislaviensis IFP 2016 and R. aetherivorans IFP 2017 toward the 16 compounds tested individually^e

Compound tested	R. wratislaviensis IFP 2016		R. aetherivorans IFP 2017
Compound tested	Degradation (%)^c	Mineralization yield (%)^d	Degradation (%)^c	Mineralization yield (%)^d
Benzene	64.9^a	24.9^a	4.1^a	0^a
Ethylbenzene	95.2^a	46.6^a	0^a	ND
Toluene	99.7^a	65.8^a	0^a	ND
m-Xylene	0^a	ND	0^a	ND
	63.3^b	100^b
p-Xylene	0^a	ND	0^a	ND
	52.1^b	0^b
o-Xylene	13.5^a	0^a	0^a	ND
	48.1^b	42.1^b
Cyclohexane	0^a	ND	0^a	ND
	100^b	50.4^b
Octane	97.5^a	44.9^a	21.4^a	61.9^a
Hexadecane	32.1^a	100^a	96.3^a	20.1^a
Isooctane	16.8^a	0^a	17.3^a	5.3^a
Cyclohexanol	100^a	43.6^a	100^a	46.7^a
MTBE	3.2^a^,^f	0^a	22.3^a^,^f	0^a
ETBE	0^a^,^f	ND	100^a^,^f	18.2^a
TBA	0^a	ND	0^a	ND
2-EHN	0^b	ND	26.2^b	12^b
Naphthalene	100^a	36.4^a	NT	NT

The substrate was added directly to the culture medium (5 μl) at a final concentration of ∼200 mg liter⁻¹.

The substrate was added after dissolution into HMN (5 μl/0.5 ml of HMN).

The values are means based on the values obtained for two test flasks; the extent of degradation was calculated as described in Materials and Methods.

The values are means based on the values obtained for two test flasks; the extent of mineralization was calculated as described in Materials and Methods and with respect to the substrate degraded.

The results are the average value of two independent measurements. ND, not determined; NT, not tested.

TBA was produced stoichiometrically, confirming the ether degradation measurement.