Table 2 The concentrations of formate, lactate, acetate and propionate in pore water of sediments under various treatments.

From: Complex Interactions Between the Macrophyte Acorus Calamus and Microbial Fuel Cells During Pyrene and Benzo[a]Pyrene Degradation in Sediments

Time

Treatment

Formate (mg L−1)

Lactate (mg L−1)

Acetate (mg L−1)

Propionate (mg L−1)

0 day

     
 

Raw sediment

4.64 ± 0.76

74.86 ± 12.51

33.19 ± 8.78

4.20 ± 0.34

151 day

     
 

control

3.56 ± 0.21

54.19 ± 9.38

20.21 ± 5.43

3.89 ± 0.56

 

SMFC

0.43 ± 0.03

40.21 ± 10.21

10.03 ± 3.92

4.01 ± 0.03

 

macrophyte

5.87 ± 1.24

43.67 ± 8.05

38.25 ± 10.01

3.56 ± 0.28

 

macrophyte-SMFC

4.02 ± 0.52

32.84 ± 6.32

28.43 ± 8.43

2.59 ± 0.73

367 day

     
 

control

NDa

15.55 ± 6.21

10.36±4.02

ND

 

SMFC

ND

19.31 ± 3.19

ND

ND

 

macrophyte

ND

16.86 ± 4.02

14.12 ± 2.06

ND

 

macrophyte-SMFC

ND

13.61 ± 6.03

7.49 ± 1.04

ND

  1. Data are means ± standard deviation
  2. aND, not detected, below the detection limit