TABLE 3.

Phenotypic data from clones isolated from the final flask of each experiment

Straina	Mean ± 95% CIb				Fold increase vs wild type	Population/clone growth rate
	Growth rate (h−1)	Glucose uptake rate (mmol gDW−1 h−1)	Acetate production rate (mmol gDW−1 h−1)	Biomass yield (gDW g of glucose−1)
Wild-type K-12 MG1655	0.69 ± 0.02	8.59 ± 1.42	3.91 ± 1.14	0.44 ± 0.07
3	0.98 ± 0.02	13.51 ± 1.15	8.43 ± 2.17	0.40 ± 0.04	1.42	1.03
4	0.96 ± <0.01	12.19 ± 0.68	7.89 ± 1.88	0.44 ± 0.02	1.39	1.02
6	0.93 ± 0.01	12.77 ± 0.85	7.11 ± 1.51	0.40 ± 0.03	1.34	1.07
7*	1.01 ± 0.04	13.13 ± 1.29	5.12 ± 0.57	0.43 ± 0.06	1.46	1.10
7A*	0.97 ± <0.01	11.01 ± 0.79	3.97 ± 0.98	0.49 ± 0.03	1.41	1.14
7B*	0.92 ± 0.02	10.43 ± 0.62	2.36 ± 0.54	0.49 ± 0.03	1.33	1.20
8	0.89 ± 0.01	12.59 ± 1.01	5.05 ± 0.40	0.39 ± 0.03	1.29	1.11
9	0.92 ± 0.02	13.13 ± 0.59	6.99 ± 0.48	0.39 ± 0.02	1.33	1.10
10	0.95 ± 0.01	13.98 ± 1.11	9.27 ± 1.76	0.38 ± 0.03	1.38	1.07

^a*, hypermutator strain.

^bgDW, grams dry weight.