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. 2008 Jul 8;2:59. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-2-59

Table 2.

Theoretical yields and maintenance coefficients

Process description VFA Oxygen
Cell growth on acetate YX,AcS=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(4δ+2K1+1.27) YX,AcO2=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(0.33yK10.12y+2.27+2K1)
Cell growth on propionate YX,PropS=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(4δ+2K2+0.71) YX,PropO2=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(0.33yK20.22y+1.71+2K2)
PHB Storage YPHBS=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(45δ+1) YPHBO2=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(2.120.21y)
PHV Storage YPHVS=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(48δ+0.8) YPHVO2=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(20.27y)
PH2MV Storage YPH2MVS=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(5δ+0.67) YPH2MVO2=(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)(1.920.31y)
Maintenance mS=2(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)mATP mO2=(2+0.33y)(4δ+0.67yδ+0.33y1)mATP