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. 2018 Oct 30;9:2574. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02574

Table 1.

Average amounts of methane formed and maximum methanogenesis rates per treatment across temperatures.

Temperature Treatment Average maximum CH4 amount measured (μmol) % Expected CH4 accounted for Maximum CH4 formation rate (nmol ml slurry-1 day-1)
4°C Glucose 93.8 ± 27.5 46 1.9 ± 1.5
Magnetite + Glucose 67 ± 5.8 32.9 1.9 ± 0.3
Hematite + Glucose 163.1 ± 17.8 80 5.6 ± 0.6
10°C Glucose 103.2 ± 17 50.6 83.5 ± 22
Magnetite + Glucose 111.7 ± 16.3 54.8 79 ± 12.7
Hematite + Glucose 136.3 ± 7.2 66.8 141.1 ± 36
30°C Glucose 94.3 ± 8.8 46.2 179.2 ± 38
Magnetite + Glucose 90.4 ± 2.2 44.3 180 ± 12.7
Hematite + Glucose 114.7 ± 6.3 56.2 233.7 ± 4.2