Table 7.

Impact of removal of molecules from the “real” E. coli food set in the RAF and CAF size

Food molecule	RAF size decrease	CAF size decrease
C a 2+	7	7
Cl	2	2
C o 2+	33	33
C u 2+	27	27
K +	155	360
M g 2+	1117	1117
M n 2+	133	133
${\mathit{\text{MoO}}}_4^{2-}$	24	24
N a +	3	3
N i 2+	11	11
N O 3	3	3
${\mathit{\text{SeO}}}_4^{2-}$	6	6
T r i m e t h y l a m i n e N−o x i d e	2	2
$S_2{O}_3^{2-}$	0	0
${\mathit{\text{WO}}}_4^{2-}$	11	11
Z n 2+	631	631
ATP	1206	1206
O 2	47	47
genCat	492	492
Protein	1352	1352
RNA	88	88
spont	41	41
X	1447	1447
Glutathione	30	30
H 2 O	0	0
F e 2+	91	91
N H 4	0	0
H 3 P O 4	0	0
S O 4	0	0
I r o n−S u l f u r−c l u s t e r	0	866
N A D∗	1261	1261
F A D∗	0	1162
G l u c o s e−6−p h o s p h a t e	0	0
P y r i d o x a l5′−p h o s p h a t e∗	0	673
C o A∗	1099	1099
H 2 S	0	194
T h i a m i n∗	2	417
A d e n o s y l c o b i n a m i d e∗	10	10
L i p o a t e∗	8	8

^*indicates the 7 added molecules.