Effect of glucose and type of inoculum on biodegradation of phenol

Abstract

Adaptation of Mycoplana dimorpha on glucose, phenol and phenol/glucose binary substrate significantly affects the values of specific growth rate, lag time etc. The preference of substrate depends upon the type of inoculum. Phenol adapted cultures prefer phenol, glucose adapted cultures prefer glucose whereas, those adapted on the binary substrate prefer phenol and glucose equally. Diauxic growth was not observed in any experiments.