Table 3.
Contents of macronutrients in methanotrophic biomass.
| Biomass | Macronutrients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K [g·kg−1] | Mg [g·kg−1] | Ca [g·kg−1] | Fe [g·kg−1] | Na [g·kg−1] | |
| Sp1 | 10.031 ± 0.01 d | 6.086 ± 0.006 b | 2.664 ± 0.001 c | 3.286 ± 0.001 c | 1.910 ± 0.0002 a |
| Sp2 | 10.316 ± 0.01 c | 2.243 ± 0.002 e | 2.618 ± 0.001 c | 2.436 ± 0.001 d | 1.562 ± 0.0006 b |
| Sp3 | 12.556 ± 0.01 b | 3.274 ± 0.003 c | 2.850 ± 0.001 b | 4.408 ± 0.0003 b | 1.331 ± 0.001 d |
| Sp4 | 9.592 ± 0.01 e | 2.274 ± 0.001 d | 2.008 ± 0.001 d | 2.480 ± 0.001 d | 1.373 ± 0.0003 c,d |
| Sk108 | 19.100 ± 0.02 a | 7.594 ± 0.002 a | 3.274 ± 0.001 a | 6.594 ± 0.002 a | 1.422 ± 0.001 c |
The presented values are the average of three replicates (n = 3); ± standard deviation (SD); means marked with different letters (a–e) are significantly different at p < 0.05 (n = 3) as shown by Tukey’s HSD test.