Figure 4.

Population dynamics in the chemostat reactors SMEII series run at a flow rate of 10.4 mL h⁻¹ (a hydraulic residence time of 6.0 days). The deduced population densities of the strains in the mixed chemostat culture were monitored using real-time qPCR targeting the gene encoding LmPH. (A) Monitoring of the bacterial populations used in the SMEII-1 reactor. Psuedomonas putida P-8 (▴) Acinetobacter sp. c26 (•), and Variovorax sp. HAB-24 (■). (B) Monitoring of the bacterial populations used in the SMEII-2 reactor. Psuedomonas sp. LAB-06 (♢), Acinetobacter sp. c26 (•), and Variovorax sp. HAB-24 (■). (C) Monitoring of the bacterial populations used in the SMEII-3 reactor. Psuedomonas sp. LAB-06 (♢), Acinetobacter sp. chemo32 (▴), and Variovorax sp. HAB-24 (■). The gray bar indicates the period when phenol was detected in the reactors. The error bars indicate standard deviations and some bars were hided with symbols.