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Table 1. Steady state characteristics of wild type and ▵icl strains of M.bovis BCG (BCG) and wild type M. tuberculosis (MTB) grown in a glycerol-limited chemostat.

Organism	BCG			MTB
Strain	Wild type		▵icl	Wild type
Dilution rate (h⁻¹)	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.01
Biomass (g dry weight l⁻¹)	1.40	0.70	0.30	1.28
CFU (×10⁶ ml⁻¹)	164	51.0	26.85	144
Specific glycerol consumption rate (mmol g biomass⁻¹ h⁻¹)	0.39	0.74	0.57	0.39
Specific Tween 80 consumption rate (mmol g biomass⁻¹ h⁻¹)	0.002	0.09	0.07	0.003
Specific CO₂ production rate (mmol g biomass⁻¹ h⁻¹)	0.57	0.45	0.69	0.23
Protein content (g l⁻¹)	22.91*	21.40*	32.74	-
Carbohydrate content (g l⁻¹)	29.20*	21.91*	14.37	-
Lipid content (g l⁻¹)	33.90*	44.82*	48.14	-
Yield (g bacteria g glycerol⁻¹)	0.30	0.46	0.56	0.22

Values are the averages from duplicate chemostat cultures and three independent measurements. * Data from Beste et al. (2005).