FIG 1.
(A) Planktonic growth of C. bescii on microbe-only-treated (M) switchgrass (purple and green symbols and dashed lines), hydrothermally treated (T→M) switchgrass (red and yellow symbols and solid lines), microbe-only-treated reference switchgrass (dashed black line), and hydrothermally treated reference switchgrass (solid black line). Phase 1 doubling times (td1) were calculated between 11.5 and 18.5 h, and phase 2 doubling times (td2) were calculated between 24.0 and 60.5 h. (B) Carbohydrate solubilized by C. bescii (percent arabinan, xylan, and glucan of total carbohydrate) after 12 days. CR, Cave-in-Rock.