Table 1 Coral reef bacterioplankton growth efficiencies after 48 h sugar incubations

From: Excess labile carbon promotes the expression of virulence factors in coral reef bacterioplankton

Treatment

Reef natural DOC (μmol C l−1)

DOC change (μmol C l1)

Bacterial C change (μmol C l1)

Bacterial specific growth rate (per day)

Bacterial growth efficiency

Exp. 1

 Control (C1)

 

−14.25±5.96

1.92±0.44

0.3±0.03

0.17±0.11

 Glucose (Glu)

121.55±28.23

−362.91±77.5

11.4±1.72

0.66±0.03

0.03±0.01

 Galactose (Gal)

 

−383.34±124.09

14.2±2.39

0.69±0.02

0.04±0.01

Exp. 2

 Control (C2)

 

−98.08±93.2

1.82±0.65

0.45±0.15

0.03±0.01

 Mannose (Man)

69.57±13.02

−481.71±258.39

1.69±0.55

0.39±0.09

0±0

 Xylose (Xyl)

 

−516.19±171.24

2.47±0.84

0.5±0.12

0±0

  1. Bold numbers represent significant differences (P<0.05) compared with the experiment control.