Table 2.

Results for CDW, growth rate, and lag-phase of autotrophic cultures in the presence of different concentrations of cyanide.

Culture	βCDW,max/g L-1	μmax/h-1	tlag-phase/h
Non-induced cultures
0 mM cyanide∗	0.17	0.06	32
0.025 mM cyanide	0.16	0.03	65
0.05 mM cyanide	0.20	0.04	160
0.1 mM cyanide∗	0.21	0.04	221
1.0 mM cyanide∗	No growth	No growth	No growth
Induced cultures
0 mM cyanide	0.11	0.07	43
0.1 mM cyanide	0.14	0.06	66
1.0 mM cyanide	No growth	No growth	No growth

^∗Mean values from the initial experiments and the experiments where induced and non-induced strains are compared with each other.