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. 2009 Dec 9;8:65. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-65

Table 5.

Measured substrates and products consumed/produced at steady state in each experimental condition

Fab-expressing strain Control strain


mmol/gDW·h 21% 11% 8% 21% 11% 8%


sd sd sd sd sd sd
Glucose -0.99 0.05 -1.33 0.07 -1.74 0.09 -0.99 0.05 -1.32 0.07 -1.92 0.10
OUR -2.12 0.17 -1.57 0.08 -0.54 0.10 -2.12 0.17 -1.66 0.33 -0.28 0.01
CER 2.37 0.19 2.03 0.10 1.65 0.08 2.37 0.19 2.09 0.42 1.35 0.27
Biomass 3.01 0.30 3.71 0.37 3.73 0.19 3.59 0.36 3.70 0.37 3.76 0.38
Ethanol - - 0.33 0.02 1.00 0.05 - - 0.31 0.02 1.16 0.06
Glycerol - - 0.01 0.001 0.02 0.001 - - 0.02 0.001 0.02 0.001
Citrate 0.03 0.002 0.02 0.001 0.04 0.002 0.01 0.001 0.02 0.001 0.05 0.02
Arabinitol - - 0.21 0.01 0.42 0.02 - - 0.10 0.01 0.40 0.13
Pyruvate - - 0.06 0.003 0.09 0.005 - - 0.06 0.002 0.12 0.01

% C Balance Error excluding arabinitol 6.4% 15.7% 23.9% 1.3% 14.5% 29.3%

% C Balance Error including arabinitol 6.4% 2.5% 3.7% 1.3% 8.2% 11.9%

Substrate consumption, biomass and metabolites production rates, for each strain and the different experimental conditions (% O2 in the inlet air: 21, 11, 8). Bottom rows: values of the carbon balance mismatch in percentage including or excluding arabinitol. OUR, oxygen uptake rate; CER, CO2 exchange rate.