Facilitation as Attenuating of Environmental Stress among Structured Microbial Populations

Figure 3

Growth curves of Candida rugosa on polyurethane foam, as an individual culture () and in a consortium with Serratia marcescens (), at phenol concentrations of (a) 62.5 mg L⁻¹, (b) 125 mg L⁻¹, (c) 250 mg L⁻¹, (d) 500 mg L⁻¹, and (e) 1000 mg L⁻¹.

(a) Candida rugosa (62.5 mg L⁻¹)

(b) Candida rugosa (125 mg L⁻¹)

(c) Candida rugosa (250 mg L⁻¹)

(d) Candida rugosa (500 mg L⁻¹)

(e) Candida rugosa (1000 mg L⁻¹)