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. 2009 Feb 13;75(8):2453–2463. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01742-08

TABLE 2.

Comparison of fitted metabolite t50 values for P. aeruginosa PA01 grown in LB and SCFM

Amino acid Metabolite t50 values (h)a in:
Difference (h)b
LB SCFM
Tyrosine 14.8 6.5 -8.3
Valine 15.8 8.5 -7.3
Phenylalanine 8.8 5.0 -3.8
Lysine 11.3 8.0 -3.3
Leucine 9.6 7.0 -2.5
Isoleucine 8.1 7.0 -1.2
Aspartate 3.1 2.2 -0.9
Arginine 4.0 3.5 -0.5
Glycine 5.3 5.0 -0.3
Glutamate 2.9 2.8 -0.2
Alanine 3.5 3.4 -0.1
Serine 2.7 4.3 1.6
Threonine 5.8 7.7 2.0
Asparagine 2.3 NO
Methionine NU 11.8
Ornithine NO 4.0
Tryptophan 4.7 NO
a

NU, not utilized; NO, not observed.

b

“Difference” refers to the difference between the t50 value in SCFM compared to that in LB medium, i.e., the lower the value, the earlier the metabolite was taken up in SCFM compared to LB.