Figure 1

Growth curves of T. xylanilyticus cultivated on various substrates. Growth was expressed as the ln of absorbance at 600 nm as a function of incubation time. (a), (b), (c) and (d) show the kinetic curves obtained with glucose, xylan, wheat bran and wheat straw cultures, respectively. The results are mean values of triplicates, and standard deviations are less than 5%.