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Table 5 Cumulative carbon dioxide evolution rate (cCER) of control (T7) and stored treatments measured after 3, 6 and 12.7 days of incubation

From: Preservation of microbial communities enriched on lignocellulose under thermophilic and high-solid conditions

 

Mean cCER (mg CO2 g−1 dry matter)b

Mean ratioa

3-day

6-day

12.7-day

3-day

6-day

12.7-day

T7

125 (17) AB

250 (66) A

369 (97) A

0.91 A

1.06 A

0.96 A

−80 °C

97 (31) BC

156 (34) B

311 (36) A

0.70 B

0.66 B

0.83 A

DMSO

91 (15) C

161 (22) B

388 (31) A

0.66 B

0.69 B

1.07 A

Glycerol

130 (34) A

228 (58) A

384 (70) A

0.94 A

0.97 A

1.02 A

  1. aRatio of (cCER post storage)/(cCER of T6)
  2. bStandard deviation in parenthesis (n = 3). Means followed by the same letter within columns and incubation periods are not statistically different at α = 0.05 based on Tukey–Kramer HSD test, blocked by reactor