TABLE 2.

Metabolites of Enterococcus faecalis V583 and Δldh1.2 mutant grown in batch cultures harvested at an OD of 0.6^a

E. faecalis strain	Mean concn (mM) ± SD							Concn of glucose consumed (mM)	% Carbon balance
	Citrate	Lactate	Formate	Ethanol	Acetate	Pyruvate	Acetoin
V583	2.1 ± 0.01	24.5 ± 0.60	2.80 ± 0.01	0.82 ± 0.03	15.19 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.00	1.7 ± 0.20	11.7 ± 0.42	115
Δldh1.2 mutant	1.13 ± 0.01	0.78 ± 0.31	10.93 ± 0.03	11.3 ± 0.61	15.9 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.03	4.21 ± 0.36	10.80 ± 0.31	89.90

^aThe medium contained 57.0 mM glucose, 2.17 mM citrate, and 16.01 mM acetate.