Table 2.

Total [U] and specific C12O activity [U mg ⁻¹] of crude enzymatic extracts obtained from yeast cultures where inoculum was prepared without the starving step.

Yeast strain (initial phenol concentration [mg l−1])	Total enzymatic C12O activity [U]	Specific enzymatic C12O activity [U mg−1]
A011 (500)	0.071 ± 0.0036	0.084 ± 0.0042
A011 (750)	0.16 ± 0.0081	0.14 ± 0.0070
A011 (1000)	0.19 ± 0.0092	0.25 ± 0.012
B021 (500)	0.16 ± 0.0081	0.41 ± 0.021
B021 (750)	0.13 ± 0.0067	2.17 ± 0.11
L012 (500)	0.023 ± 0.0011	0.044 ± 0.0022
L012 (750)	0.13 ± 0.0067	0.16 ± 0.0082
L012 (1000)	0.0051 ± 0.00062	0.058 ± 0.0029