Table 3.

Mucic acid production from poly-d-galacturonic acid or pectin by marine Coniochaeta sp. MF729 transformants

Strain	C1	C2
d-Glucose + pectin
Mucic acid (g L−1)	5.3 ± 0.6a	4.2 ± 0.1a
Conversion mucic acid/available d-galacturonic acid (g g−1)	0.40	0.33
d-Glucose + poly-d-galacturonate
Mucic acid (g L−1)	2.7 ± 0.2a	1.2 ± 0.1b
Conversion mucic acid/available d-galacturonic acid (g g−1)	0.23	0.10

Coniochaeta sp. MF729 transformants were grown in 24-well plates using poly-d-galacturonic acid or pectin as substrate with d-glucose as co-substrate. Values are mean ± standard error of the mean for n = 3 biological replicates. Values for mucic acid concentration in the same row with the same superscript letter (a or b) did not differ significantly (p > 0.05)