TABLE 1.
Substrate or product | Amt recovered (μmol) after incubating:a
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With chitin | Without chitin | With GlcNAc | Without GlcNAc | |
Total amended amino sugars | 678 | 283 ± 11 | ||
Acetate | 6 ± 5 | NDb | 148 ± 16 | ND |
Propionate | ND | ND | 6 ± 1 | ND |
Hydrogen | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Methane | 459 ± 42 | 128 ± 4 | 464 ± 22 | 166 ± 8 |
Total ammonium | 167 ± 8 | 25 ± 2 | 229 ± 64 | 45 ± 6 |
For each setup, the averages and standard deviations from three replicates are shown.
ND, not detected.