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Table 1 Mass and rate of cellulose consumption, and yield and rate of H2 and CH4 production

From: Physiological and molecular characterizations of the interactions in two cellulose-to-methane cocultures

Cultures

Cellulose consumed (mg)

H2 yield (mol H2/mol glucose equivalent)

CH4 yield (mol CH4/mol glucose equivalent)

Cellulose degradation rate (mg/day)

H2 production rate (mmol/day)

CH4 production rate (mmol/day)

C. cellulovorans

235 ± 8

1.02 ± 0.03

–

117 ± 4

0.077 ± 0.004

–

C. cellulovorans–M. barkeri

267 ± 16

–

0.87 ± 0.02

133 ± 8

–

0.074 ± 0.003

C. cellulovorans–M. mazei

256 ± 7

–

0.44 ± 0.04

128 ± 4

–

0.036 ± 0.004

  1. Data are the average (±one standard derivation) of biological triplicate