Table 2.
Comparison of catabolic pathway activity and origins of metabolic intermediates in central carbon metabolism of D. shibae, P. gallaeciensis and other bacteria derived from carbon labelling experiments.
| Pathway activity/Fractional pool composition [%] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. shibaea | P. gallaeciensisa | B. subtilis [21] | B. megaterium [18] | C. glutamicum [35] | E. coli [20] | |
| Glycolysis | < 1 | < 1 | 27 | 46 | 49 | 73 |
| PPP | < 1 | < 1 | 72 | 49 | 48 | 22 |
| ED pathway | > 99 | > 99 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 4 |
| PEP from PYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PEP from OAA | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
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n.a. = not available in the organism