TABLE 3.

Final optical density, maximum product concentration, and acetone production rates in ATCC 11303(pACT) glucose-fed shake flask experiments with sodium acetate pulse additions

Sodium acetate pulse addition	Final A600a	Maximum product concn (mM)		Qacnb (mM/h)	qacnc (mM/h/A600)
		Acetone	Acetate
None (control)	14.0	81	35	0.90	0.06
2 ml of 1.2 M solutiond	13.0	109	66	1.45	0.11

^aA₆₀₀, optical density at 600 nm. 

^bQ_acn, acetone formation rate during the stationary phase. 

^cq_acn, specific acetone formation rate during the stationary phase. 

^dThree pulse additions at h 22, 32, and 42.