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. 2014 Apr 24;10(4):e1003575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003575

Table 3. Phenomic and modeling data from growth screens of G. metallireducens GS-15 wild type and dcuB with acetate as an electron donor.

Strain Acceptor/Growth Mode (Donor Acetate) Growth Rate (hr-1) Donor Uptake Rate (mmol gDW-1 hr-1) Acceptor Uptake Rate (mmol gDW-1 hr-1) Acceptor/Donor Ratio
GS-15 dcuB Fumarate/Batch 0.114±0.005 6.81±0.10 14.0±0.2 2.06±0.01
GS-15 dcuB Fumarate/Chemostat* 0.05 2.79±0.23 N.D. N.D.
GS-15 Nitrate/Batch (byproduct ammonia) 0.111±0.022 5.20±2.08 4.67±0.64 (no3) −3.98±0.38 (nh4) 0.90±0.42
GS-15 Fe(III)/Batch N.D. N.D. N.D. 6.96±0.43
GS-15 Fe(III)/Chemostat* 0.05 7.86±1.02 58.29±9.08 7.41±0.64
Simulation GS-15 dcuB Max Growth Rate Fumarate 0.116 6.22 14.2 (lim) 2.28
Simulation GS-15 dcuB Max Growth Rate Fumarate 0.054 3.02 (lim) 7.06 2.34
Simulation GS-15 Max Growth Rate Nitrate 0.118 7.28 (lim) 4.35 −3.61 (lim) 0.60
Simulation GS-15 Max Growth Rate Fe(III) 0.047 8.88 (lim) 62.31 7.02

* Donor-limited chemostat;

N.D., Not Determined; lim, limiting rate in the simulation;

calculated error using a 90% confidence interval from Lovley and Phillips, 1988 [27].