The Effect of Saturated Fatty Acids on Methanogenesis and Cell Viability of Methanobrevibacter ruminantium
Figure 2
Fluorescence images illustrating cell viability of M. ruminantium cell suspensions exposed to different saturated fatty acids provided in a concentration of 10 μg/mL in K+-free buffer and stained with the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit (Experiment 3). Green and red cells represent living and dead cells, respectively. Yellow cells were not categorized as living but included in total cell counts. (a–f) Images taken 3 h after SFA supplementation; (g–l) Images taken after 24 h. The images selected are representative for blank (a, g), control (b, h), C12 (c, i), C14 (d, j), C16 (e, k), and C18 (f, l).
