Table 2.

Maximum specific growth rate (_μmax ± standard deviation) on 50 g l^-1 galactose or 50 g l^-1 xylose under aerobic conditions and using YNB medium.

	Carbon source
Strain	50 g l-1 galactose	50 g l-1 xylose
Control-PPP-XYL	0.21 ± 0.01	0.038 ± 0.014
PGM2-PPP-XYL	0.32 ± 0.02	0.041 ± 0.008
Control-XYL	0.23 ± 0.01	0.012 ± 0.002
PGM2-XYL	0.27 ± 0.01	0.012 ± 0.003
Control m	0.22 ± 0.01 (*)	ND
PGM2 m	0.30 ± 0.02 (*)	ND
Control i	0.24 ± 0.02 (*)	ND
PGM2 i	0.32 ± 0.01 (*)	ND

(*) Taken from [16]. ND: Not determined. For both carbon sources, the inocula were prepared in defined medium with 20 g l^-1 glucose.