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Table 3 Sole carbon sources for the Multisubstrate Testing method

From: Laser microsampling of soil microbial community

Nominal group of substrates

Substrates

Pentoses

Arabinose, ribose, xylose

Hexoses

Glucose, fructose, rhamnose, galactose, mannose

Oligoses

Raffinose, lactose, maltose, sucrose

Salts of carboxylic acids

Acetate, aspartate, citrate, succinate, maleinate, propionate, octanoate, lactate

Amino acids

Glycine, proline, norleucine, histidine, norvaline, treonine, alanine, asparagine, valine, serine, phenylalanine, glutamine, arginine, lysine, cisteine

Alcohols

Dulcitol, glycerol, inositol, sorbitol, mannitol

Polymers

Starch, Dextran 500, Tween 80, pullulan

Amides, Amines, Nucleosides

Creatinine, thymidine, carbamide