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. 2010 Nov 12;77(1):247–257. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01174-10

TABLE 3.

Lactose and citrate consumption and lactate production during the 7 days of culture

Time of sampling (h) Lactose (mmol/kg) Lactate (mmol/kg) Citrate (mmol/kg) Carbon conversion yield (Ylactate/lactose [molC/molC])a pH
2 126 ± 24 2.7 ± 0.1 12.0 ± 0.4 ND 6.5
8 113 ± 10.8 49.1 ± 2.7 3.3 ± 0.6 0.82 5.9
24 86.8 ± 1.2 147.1 ± 17.1 0 0.81 5.1
168 57.9 ± 5.8 311.1 ± 98.1 0 0.86 4.8
a

Y, yield; molC, moles of carbon; ND, not determined.