TABLE 3.
Interspecies hydrogen fluxes estimated using the syntrophy model and those experimentally determined
| Culture | Estimated value (μmol day−1)
|
Total H2 transfer experimentally determined (μmol day−1)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QH2-agg (% to QH2) | QH2-dis (% to QH2) | QH2 | ||
| SI (ethanol) | 421 (49) | 437 (51) | 858 | 998 ± 130b |
| TGB-C1 (butyrate) | 295 (61) | 189 (39) | 483 | 363 ± 2 |
| SI (propionate) | 107 (92) | 9 (8) | 116 | 143 ± 3b |
| PB (acetate) | 79 (86) | 13 (14) | 92 | 106 ± 5 |
a
A value was estimated from the methane production rate at mid-log growth phases.
b
The values cited are from reference 11.