FIG. 1.

Multiplication of C. vulgaris within alginate beads under batch and continuous growth conditions. Points on each curve denoted by a different lowercase letter differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05 in one-way ANOVA. Points denoted by different capital letters after each day of incubation differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05 in Student's t test. The experiment was repeated five times, and the results presented are from a representative experiment. Bars represent the standard error (SE). When the SE bar is absent, the SE is smaller than the point.