FIG. 2.

Multiplication of C. vulgaris in the periphery and in the interior of alginate beads under continuous culture 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 SE. When the SE bar is absent, the SE is smaller than the point.