Practical Engineering significance of using lactate as a carbonso urce

["Guha, Hillol DERM]

I am seeing many research papers that use Lactate as a carbon source for
bioremediation. Why only Lactate, why not other carbon source?  Does
microbes have special affinity towards lactate? If someone can throw some
light into the process, why lactate is used, it would be of immense help.

Thankyou.

Hillol Guha
guhah at miamidade.gov

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