TABLE 3.
Bacterial characteristics before (PRE-GRAZ) and after (GRAZ) the addition of Ochromonas sp. to chemostat cultures of moderately motile P. rhodesiae CP-17 and highly motile Acidovorax sp. strain CP-2a
| Bacterial strain and sampling time | Bacteria
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Ochromonas sp.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean speed (μm s−1) | Cell vol (μm3) | Cell no. (106 ml−1) | Cell no. (103 ml−1) | Max growth rate (day−1) | |
| CP-17 | |||||
| PRE-GRAZ | 21.6 ± 3.7 | 0.23 ± 0.05 | 13.4 ± 1.14 | ||
| GRAZ | 15.3 ± 4.6 | 0.21 ± 0.04 | 0.32 ± 0.09 | 39.1 ± 3.00 | 1.40 ± 0.09 |
| CP-2 | |||||
| PRE-GRAZ | 47.0 ± 4.5 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 11.5 ± 0.85 | ||
| GRAZ | 54.2 ± 5.1 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 1.20 ± 0.14 | 25.6 ± 0.55 | 1.08 ± 0.06 |
a
Values were averaged from 5 days of steady state and are given as mean ± range from two replicate reactors.