Figure 5

Four strain growth in a controlled bioreactor containing a four-component mixture (acetate, glucose, xylose and arabinose). First, the culture was inoculated with E. coli ALS1392. At 32.0 h as indicated, the culture was inoculated with a consortium of three strains: ALS1370, ALS1371 and ALS1391. Growth was measured as OD (black circle) in a medium containing acetate (red diamond) and three sugars: xylose (blue triangle), arabinose (pink inverted triangle) and glucose (green circle).