Table 1.

Compiled respiration rates measured. Data presented as mean +/− s.d.

Cell Type	Respiration Rate (mol min−1 cell−1)1	Range (mol min−1 cell−1)1	Growth Condition	Seeding Method	N
Methylobacterium extorquens AM1	9.00 +/− 7.24 × 10−17	0.43 – 2.80 × 10−16	Succinate	-	9
Methylobacterium extorquens AM1	1.32 +/− 0.95 × 10−16	0.46 – 3.71 × 10−16	Methanol	-	9
Lake Washington Sediment	6.20 +/− 1.83 × 10−12	4.11 – 7.50 × 10−12	-	-	3
Raw267.4 (prototype system)	1.62 +/− 0.65 m× 10−15	1.01 – 3.69 × 10−15	SCC	SS	22
Human Lung Carcinoma (A549)	4.01 +/− 1.53 × 10−15	2.28 – 7.24 × 10−15	SCC	SS	11
Human Lung Carcinoma (A549)	2.16 +/− 0.52 × 10−15	1.61 – 2.86 × 10−15	1% Atmospheric Oxygen	SS	8
Normal Human Lung Epithelium (NHBE)	1.12 +/− 0.89 × 10−15	0.52 – 2.85 × 10−15	SCC	MW	6
Normal Human Lung Epithelium (NHBE)	2.67 +/− 0.47 × 10−15	1.60 – 3.2 × 10−15	1% Atmospheric Oxygen	MW	8
Human Lung Carcinoma (A549)	2.06 +/− 0.36 × 10−15	1.39 – 3.60 × 10−15	SCC	MW	20
Human Lung Carcinoma (A549)	2.29 +/− 0.59 × 10−15	1.64 – 3.03 × 10−15	10 nM dose of Rotenone	MW	7
Human Lung Carcinoma (A549)	0.75 +/− 0.55 × 10−15	0.25 – 1.74 × 10−15	100 nM dose of Rotenone	MW	12
Colon Cancer (HCT-116)	4.16 +/− 2.14 ×× 10−15	1.29 – 7.73 × 10−15	SCC	MW	10

¹Lake Washington Sediment is shown as mol min⁻¹ Total-Sample-Volume⁻¹; SS = Spot seeded; MW = Masked-well seeded; SCC = Standard Culture Conditions