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. 2012 Jul 17;13:317. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-317

Table 3.

Acetaldehyde, higher alcohols and esters produced by NADPH-Bdh and NADH-Bdh strains in response to various levels of redox disturbance

Compound (mg/L) NADPH-Bdh NADH-Bdh
Acetoin initial (mM)
0
100
200
300
0
100
200
300
Acetoin consumed (mM)
0
100
150
245
0
100
160
164
Acetaldehyde
4.4
4.3
4.7
7.0
4.5
51.8
123.9
151.1
Ethyl hexanoate
0.13
0.09
0.08
0.03
0.15
0.12
0.06
0.05
Ethyl octanoate
0.23
0.13
0.13
0.04
0.28
0.16
0.06
0.04
Ethyl decanoate
0.16
0.02
< 0.01
< 0.01
0.13
0.06
< 0.01
< 0.01
Ethyl acetate
19.3
28.8
30.5
37.7
19.1
31.0
52.5
53.4
Isoamyl alcool
25.6
27.1
27.5
27.8
24.9
26.8
29.1
29.5
Isoamyl acetate
0.70
0.88
0.90
0.55
0.83
0.80
0.74
0.74
Isobutanol
5.5
N.D.
5.9
8.0
4.8
7.7
10.2
11.3
Isobutyl acetate
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.08
0.03
0.32
0.95
1.21
Propanol
16.3
17.1
16.5
16.3
15.3
21.1
25.1
29.3
Phenyl ethanol 16.8 26.4 N.D. 53.0 N.D. 6.8 7.6 8.5

N.D. not determined.