FIGURE 1.

Growth of Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1 during the utilization of the 8XNA mixture (A) and residual concentration of individual components of the 8XNA mixture over time (B). GC-FID was used to determine normalized abundance values relative to an internal standard (n = 3). Error bars represent standard error of the mean. A normalized abundance value of ‘1.0’ represents starting NA levels. The final OD₆₀₀ value reached with 8XNAs is significantly different from the final value reached by the control culture, i.e., the BCP1 culture w/o the addition of 8XNAs upon two-factor ANOVA with replication test (P < 0.01). Asterisks above the 144 h data denote that the concentration of each NA detected at 144 h is significantly different from that revealed at the beginning of the experiment (0 h) based upon two-factor ANOVA with replication test (P < 0.01).