Fig. 5.

Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) of L. plantarum consortium D. Degradation ability of consortium D and wild‐type culture from day 1 and day 32 (following normalization of cell number), after growth for 24 h at 37°C in pMRS + wheat straw medium. Enzymatic activity was tested on 1% CMC, 1% xylan and 40 g l⁻¹ pretreated wheat straw after 24 h at 37°C. Values for reducing sugars were normalized with bacterial cell number. Experiments were conducted four times in triplicate, and standard deviations are as indicated.