TABLE 2 .

Modeling constants

Constant	Value	Unit(s)
Oxygen diffusion coefficient in water (86)	26.8	10−6 cm2·s−1
Oxygen diffusion coefficient in biofilm (86)	15.3	10−6 cm2·s−1
Oxygen diffusion coefficient in rat colon mucus (87)	2.4	10−6 cm2·s−1
Oxygen half-saturation constant (38)	0.0124	Mol O2 m−3
Maximal growth rate (38)	0.00023	s−1
Growth yield (88)	20.32	g·cell/mol O2
Maintenance coefficient for O2 (38)	1.22	10−7 mol O2 g cell−1 s−1
Cell density (39)	9.1	Log (cells / ml)
Cell weight (38)	2.14	10−12 g/cell
Oxygen at air-mucus boundary (79)	209.3	µM