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Immediately after encapsulation the total PLFA concentration was linearly proportional to the optical density (600 nm) of the input microbial suspension (R2 = 0.99). After 7 days this relationship remained linear, but with significantly decreased slope, indicating a higher extinction of bacteria in suspensions of input concentration 108 cells\/mL and higher. trans-Fatty acids, indicators of cytoplasmatic membrane disturbances, were below the detection limit. The cy\/pre ratio (i.e., ratio of cyclopropylated fatty acids (cy17:0 + cy19:0) to their metabolic precursors  (16:1\u03c97 + 18:1\u03c97)), an indicator of the transition of the culture to a stationary  growth-phase, decreased depending on co-immobilization of nutrients in the order phosphate buffer &gt; mineral medium &gt; Luria Broth rich medium. The ratio, too, was logarithmically proportional to cell concentration. These results confirm the applicability of total PLFA as an indicator for the determination of living biomass and cy\/pre ratio for determination of nutrient limitation of microorganisms encapsulated in sol-gel matrices. 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