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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2014 Jul 17;360:222–242. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.07.011

Table D1.

Typical parameter values for E. coli growth.

Source Strain Experimental conditions Parameter Value
Bernstein et al. (2012) E. coli MG1655 WT Aerobic batch growth, 37 °C, M9 minimal media, acetate consumption deletion Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.23
mutant 307 Maximum growth rate on 4 g/L glucose (h−1) 0.43–0.49a
mutant 403 glucose consumption deletion Maximum growth rate on 1.5 g/L acetate (h−1) 0.11–0.15a
Chen et al. (1997) E. coli K-12 MG1655 Aerobic batch growth, complex medium, 37 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.57
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.255
Chen et al. (1997) E. coli K-12 MG1655 Anaerobic batch growth, complex medium, 37 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.43
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.175
Dykhuizen (1978) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic batch growth, Davis salts, 37 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.76
Dykhuizen (1978) E. coli K-12 W3110 Chemostat growth, Davis salts, 37 °C Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 7.2
Edwards et al. (2001) E. coli K-12 MG1655 Aerobic batch growth, M9 minimal media 27.5–37 °C, 0.05–4 g/L acetate Maximum growth rate on acetate (h−1) 0.31
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of acetate) 0.38
Farmer and Liao (1997) E coli K-12 VJS632 Aerobic batch growth, 37 °C, M9 minimal media, 0.5% glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose(h−1) 0.52
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.30
Acetate yield (g of acetate/g of glucose) 0.25
Review paper E. coli various various Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 0.04–180
Fuhrer et al. (2005) E. coli K-12 MG1655 Aerobic batch growth, 30 °C, M9 minimal media, 3 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.39
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.30
Guardia and Calvo (2001) E. coli ATCC 8789 Aerobic batch and chemostat growth, 37 °C, complex medium including 5 g/L yeast extract, varying 1–19 g/L glucose, parameter fits to model Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 1.12
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 100
Acetate product inhibition constant (g/L) 4
Maximum growth rate on acetate (h−1) 0.19
Acetate half-saturation constant (g/L) 0.4
Acetate substrate inhibition constant (g/L) 3.8
Acetate yield (g acetate produced/CDW[g]) 0.4
Kleman and Strohl (1994) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic fed-batch with target 0.5 g/L glucose, mineral medium, 35 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.91
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 4
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.43
Acetate yield (g of acetate/g of glucose) 0.38
Acetate yield (g acetate produced/CDW[g]) 0.3–0.9
Natarajan and Srienc (2000) E. coli BL21 Chemostat, 30 °C, dilution rate 0.12–0.40 h−1 inflow: M9 minimal media, 0.25 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.768
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 0.68
Oh et al. (2002) E. coli MC4100 Aerobic batch growth, M9 minimal media Maximum growth rate on 0.25% acetate (h−1) 0.33
Paalme et al. (1997) E. coli K-12 W3350 A-stat, 37 °C, mineral medium, 10 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.57
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.50
Paalme et al. (1997) E. coli K-12 W3350 A-stat, 37 °C, mineral medium, 5 g/L acetate Maximum growth rate on acetate (h−1) 0.22
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of acetate) max/min 0.30/0.21
Senn et al. (1994) E. coli ML30 Chemostat growth, mineral medium, 37 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.92
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 0.0072
Literature review Senn et al. (1994) E. coli various various Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.55–1.23
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 0.0053–99
Varma and Palsson (1994) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic batch growth, 38 °C, M9 minimal media, 2 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.68
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.36
Varma and Palsson (1994) E. coli K-12 W3110 Anaerobic batch growth, 38 °C, M9 minimal media, 2 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.43
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.13
Xu et al. (1999) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic batch growth, 35 °C, mineral medium, 4–14 g/L glucose Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.55
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.52
Maximum growth rate on acetate (h−1) 0.05
Xu et al. (1999) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic batch growth, 35 °C, mineral medium, 5 g/L glucose, 0–8 g/L acetate Acetate product inhibition constant (g/L) 9
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of acetate) 0.4
Xu et al. (1999) E. coli K-12 W3110 Aerobic fed-batch (exponential feeding rate) with target μ = 0:3 h−1, mineral medium, 35 °C Maximum growth rate on glucose (h−1) 0.54
Glucose half-saturation constant (mg/L) 50
Acetate product inhibition constant (g/L) 4, 5
Aerobic biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.49, 0.51
Anaerobic biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of glucose) 0.15
Maximum growth rate on acetate (h−1) 0.06, 0.08
Acetate half-saturation constant (g/L) 0.05
Biomass yield (CDW[g]/g of acetate) 0.4

Note: When parameters were from the fit to a specific inhibition model, the parameters reported in are the ‘effective’ parameters, i.e., the reported ‘inhibition constants’ are the concentration at which growth rate has decreased to half its maximum. Similarly, the ‘half-saturation constants’ are the concentrations at which growth has increased to half its maximum, and the ‘maximum growth rates’ are the maximum possible growth rates.

a

(before - after) adaptation to a single carbon source.