Table 2.

Parameters of linear relationships between the P:N ratio in the organisms and their relative growth rate (R_P:N = a·RGR + b)

Organism	a	b	R 2
Escherichia coli	0.0573	0.0562	0.99
Streptomyces coelicolor	0.2837	0.087	0.85
Selenomonas ruminantium	0	0.068	0.09
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (study 1)	0.0813	0.1089	0.67
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (study 2)	0.0887	0.0523	0.88
Neurospora crassa	0.1883	0.0278	0.98
Prototheca zopfii	0	0.1	0.02