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. 2007 Nov 9;74(2):485–494. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01531-07

TABLE 1.

Fermentation values calculated from pure cultures and mixed culture of both species

Fermentation parametera Fermentation value ± SDb
L. lactis IL-1403 pure culture S. cerevisiae CEN-PK905 pure culture Mixed culture
μIL-1403 (h−1) 0.92 ± 0.04 1.01 ± 0.08
μCEN-PK905 (h−1) 0.45 ± 0.01 0.45 ± 0.01
qglucose (mmol·g−1·h−1) 25.6 ± 0.9 15.8 ± 0.1
vlactate (mmol·g−1·h−1) 49.3 ± 1.4 42.1 ± 0.2c
vethanol (mmol·g−1·h−1) 26.6 ± 0.5 22.8 ± 1.0d
Yglucose,IL-1403 (g·mmol−1) 0.03 ± 0.00
Yglucose, CEN-PK905 (g·mmol−1) 0.02 ± 0.00
Yglucose, lactate (cmol·cmol−1) 0.93 ± 0.03
Yglucose, ethanol (cmol·cmol−1) 0.56 ± 0.05
Yglucose, glycerol (cmol·cmol−1) 0.09 ± 0.05
a

Abbreviations: μIL-1403, specific growth rate of L. lactis IL-1403; μCEN-PK905, specific growth rate of S. cerevisiae CEN-PK905; qglucose, specific glucose consumption rate; vlactate, specific lactate production rate; vethanol, specific ethanol production rate; Yglucose, IL-1403, biomass yield of L. lactis IL-1403 relative to that of glucose; Yglucose, CEN-PK905, biomass yield of S. cerevisiae CEN-PK905 relative to that of glucose; Yglucose, lactate, lactate yield relative to that of glucose; Yglucose, ethanol, ethanol yield relative to that of glucose; Yglucose, glycerol, glycerol yield relative to that of glucose.

b

Values ± standard deviations (SD) were derived from cultures performed three times.

c

Calculated taking into account the L. lactis IL-1403 biomass only.

d

Calculated taking into account the S. cerevisiae CEN-PK905 biomass only.