Fig. 5: Relative content of potential metabolites in n-C16 degradation.

Relative content of potential hexadecane-derived metabolites (A) and TCA cycle related intermediate (B, C, D). The relative content was the peak area normalized to total peak area. The significant analysis was conducted by unpaired and two-tailed T test. Box plots indicate upper and lower quartiles (top and bottom of the box), median (line within box), and the dot represents the value of each biological replicate. Error bars represent standard deviation of six replicates under the same HP.