Tailoring the nitrogen sources of bacterial culture to enhance methyl tert-butyl ether degradation

Annals of Microbiology

Table 2 Growth of E. profundum P1M-2, B. megaterium P1M-11, Alishewanella sp. P2A-12, and P. mendocina P2M-8 on TBA, 2-HIBA, and TAA

Isolate	Metabolites
Isolate	TBA	2-HIBA	TAA
Exiguobacterium profundum P1M-2	++	+	-
Bacillus megaterium P1M-11	++	++	+
Alishewanella sp. P2A-12	++	+	-
Pseudomonas mendocina P2M-8	++	++	-

Semiquantitative level of growth of different isolates tested on different MTBE metabolites: ++ (luxuriant); + (good), − (none)

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