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. 2013 Nov 20;3:3279. doi: 10.1038/srep03279

Table 2. Strain specific parameters of the different P. pastoris strains. Parameters are defined in the footnotex.

  PpMutS PpMutSHRP PpFWK3 PpFWK3HRP
max. μGly (h−1) 0.30 0.31 0.20 0.20
qGly (mmol·g−1·h−1) 2.90 3.10 1.90 1.90
YX/Gly (Cmol·Cmol−1) 0.63 0.41 0.61 0.54
YCO2/Gly (Cmol·Cmol−1) 0.33 0.64 0.37 0.44
Δtimeadapt (h) 15.7 19.9 6.60 8.90
qMeOH (mmol·g−1·h−1) 0.62 0.70 0.52 0.43
max. qMeOH-(mmol·g−1·h−1) 0.67 0.78 0.69 0.53
YX/MeOH (Cmol·Cmol−1) 0.39 0.07 0.05 0.04
YCO2/MeOH (Cmol·Cmol−1) 0.57 1.02 constantly decreasing constantly decreasing
C-balance 0.97 1.04 constantly decreasing constantly decreasing
qp (U·g−1·h−1) - 0.77 - 0.50
vol. productivity (U·L−1·h−1) - 2.60 - 1.80
efficiency factor (η) (U·mmol−1 26) - 1.10 - 1.20

Xmax. μGly, maximum specific growth rate on glycerol; qGly, specific uptake rate of glycerol during the batch; YX/Gly, biomass yield on glycerol; YCO2/Gly, CO2 yield on glycerol; Δtimeadapt, time from first addition of methanol to a maximum in offgas activity; qMeOH, average specific uptake rate of methanol during consecutive methanol pulses; max. qMeOH, maximum specific uptake rate of methanol during consecutive methanol pulses; YX/MeOH biomass yield on methanol; YCO2/MeOH, CO2 yield on methanol; C-balance, sum of biomass and CO2 yields; qp, specific productivity of HRP; vol. productivity, volumetric productivity of HRP; efficiency factor; efficiency of the conversion of substrate methanol into product HRP.