Table 2. Metabolites analysis and CARD-FISH counting of Medee brine grown enrichments supplemented with 1 mmol L−1 of GB and TMA. Values are mean ± standard error (n = 3).
| Parameters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methane | Acetate | TMA | Free AA | Archaea | Eubacteria | |
| μmol L−1 | μmol L−1 | μmol L−1 | μmol L−1 | ×104 cells mL−1 | ×104 cells mL−1 | |
| Brine, 3,010 m | 24 ± 3 | 508 ± 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.8 |
| GB-Enrichment | 99 ± 4 | 693 ± 13 | 79 ± 3 | n.d.* | 47.3 ± 8.3 | 382 ± 37 |
| TMA-Enrichment | 41 ± 3 | 1,291 ± 14 | n.d. | n.d. | 53.9 ± 11.3 | 717 ± 112 |
*n.d., not determined.