Table 1.

Molar product yields of M. elsdenii growth on lactate and lactate-unsaturated acid mixtures in serum bottles

Substrate(s)a	Amt (mol/mol lactate)
	Consumption			Generation
	Acrylate	2-MP	3-BA	Acetate	Propionate	Butyrate	Isobutyrate
Lactate (35 mM)				0.38	0.47	0.03	0
Lactate (35 mM) plus:
Acrylate (5 mM)	0.74			0.67	0.85	0.01	0
2-MP (5 mM)		0.55		0.69	0.15	0.03	0.46
3-BA (5 mM)			1.78	1.06	0.05	1.53	0

^a2-MP, 2-methyl propenoate; 3-BA, 3-butenoate.