Table 3.

Individual populations of BLF2 and AY3 in the co-culture at the end of fermentation of algae hydrolysates based on q-PCR analysis

Initial BLF2/AY3 inoculation ratio	Average cell number (cell/mL) in the co-culture at 48 h		Final BLF2/AY3 ratio in the co-culture at 48 h
	BLF2	AY3
BLF2 alone	2.0 × 109	–	–
1:0.5	3.5 × 109	5.9 × 107	59.3
1:1	2.8 × 109	8.8 × 107	31.8
1:1.5	1.9 × 109	9.3 × 107	20.4
1:2	1.5 × 109	2.5 × 108	6.0
1:4	1.5 × 109	4.0 × 108	3.8
1:6	9.6 × 108	2.8 × 108	3.4
1:8	1.5 × 109	4.6 × 108	3.3
1:10	1.2 × 109	6.5 × 108	1.8
AY3 alone	–	7.4 × 108	–