TABLE 1.
Kinetic and physiological parameters of ant-free fungus garden materiala
| Garden sample | Ymax (mg · mg−1 COD) | m (mg COD · mg−1 · h−1) | q (mg COD · mg−1 · h−1) | X (mg · g−1) | Q (mg COD · mg−1 · h−1) | μ (h−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peripheral | 0.741 (0.037)* | 0.043 (0.008)‡ | 0.637 (0.160)* | 32.11 (1.93)‡ | 20.448 (0.164)* | 0.42 (0.02)‡ |
| Core | 0.693 (0.073)† | 0.083 (0.008)† | 0.545 (0.057)† | 54.28 (3.53)† | 29.570 (0.058)† | 0.32 (0.02)† |
| Whole | 0.738 (0.049)* | 0.074 (0.001)* | 0.602 (0.099)* | 39.63 (2.38)* | 23.875 (0.104)* | 0.39 (0.02)* |
a
Data are means and standard deviations of six fungus garden material samples from different nests. Values followed by different symbols are statistically significantly different from the others in that column by Tukey test at P ≤ 0.05.