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. 2011 Jan 14;77(6):1957–1965. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02385-10

TABLE 1.

Doubling times and maximal OD600 values for wild-type strain DL1 and manL and levD mutants growing in TV medium supplemented with 0.2% glucose, fructose, mannose, or galactose as the carbohydrate source

Strain Td (h) and OD600 (SD)a
Glucose
Fructose
Mannose
Galactose
Td OD600 Td OD600 Td OD600 Td OD600
DL1 2.03 (0.02) 0.51 (0.01) 2.30 (0.01) 0.49 (0.01) 2.29 (0.02) 0.55 (0.01) 5.92 (0.02) 0.79 (0.03)
manL mutant 2.70 (0.01)* 0.54 (0.01) 2.67 (0.02)* 0.46 (0.02) 3.98 (0.01)* 0.59 (0.01) 25.57 (0.02)* 0.43 (0.02)*
levD mutant 2.01 (0.01) 0.53 (0.01) 2.59 (0.01)* 0.47 (0.01) 2.67 (0.01)* 0.50 (0.01) 5.76 (0.01)* 0.78 (0.02)
a

Td, doubling time; *, data significantly different from that in the DL1 background in corresponding carbohydrates, as verified by the Student t test (P < 0.01).