Fig. 9
PET monomer utilization. The line graph depicts the growth (OD600) of P. pantotrophus DSM 2944 dynamic tph on both ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TA). The cultivation was performed for 34 h in MSM medium supplemented with equimolar concentrations of EG and TA (20 mM) in polypropylene square 24-deep well microplates at 37 °C with 2 mL of medium (20% v/v) for optimal oxygen transfer rate [60]