Strains or treatments | Fungal dry mass (g) | Ccaffeine,0 (mg/L) | Ccaffeine,f (mg/L) | Ctheophylline,f (mg/L) | Qcaffeine (mg/L d) | Qtheophylline (mg/L d) | Ytheophylline/caffeine | % of caffeine degraded |
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A. sydowii NRRL250 | 0.19 ± 0.02A | 1082.9 ± 65.8A | 157.8 ± 10.2A | 501.2 ± 13.5C | 61.7 ± 5.0B | 31.8 ± 0.8B | 0.52 ± 0.05B | 85.4 ± 1.7B |
A. niger NCBT110A | 0.24 ± 0.01B | 1085.3 ± 64.8A | 1248.1 ± 30.5D | 27.2 ± 0.8A | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Natural treatment | 0.20 ± 0.02A | 1073.9 ± 78.6A | 817.6 ± 8.6B | 74.7 ± 3.3B | 17.1 ± 5.14A | 3.3 ± 0.1A | 0.21 ± 0.06A | 23.6 ± 5.3A |
Control | ND | 1101.6 ± 89.5A | 1096.4 ± 33.2C | 25.0 ± 2.1A | ND | ND | ND | ND |