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. 2015 Feb 25;11(5):1253–1264. doi: 10.1007/s11306-015-0781-z

Table 2.

Biomass specific net conversion rates and carbon and redox recoveries of steady state chemostat cultivations carried out at different dilution rates

Dilution rate (h−1) 0.043 0.089 0.134 0.205
Unreconciled Reconciled Unreconciled Reconciled Unreconciled Reconciled Unreconciled Reconciled
Carbon recovery (%) 101 ± 11 97 ± 13 98 ± 12 95 ± 12
Redox recovery (%) 99 ± 6 97 ± 4 95 ± 3 92 ± 3
qx (mCmol/h)/Cmol) 42.9 ± 12.4 42.9 ± 3.5 89.45 ± 28.3 89.5 ± 5.2 133.5 ± 39.4 133.5 ± 5.0 205.3 ± 59.3 205.3 ± 6.7
qS (mmol/h)/Cmol 14.0 ± 2.9 14.2 ± 0.8 27.1 ± 6.1 25.5 ± 1.1 38.8 ± 8.1 37.23 ± 1.0 58.5 ± 11.9 52.96 ± 1.2
qo2 (mmol/h)/Cmol 33.1 ± 20.0 35.3 ± 2.2 54.4 ± 20.9 52.8 ± 2.5 78.0 ± 22.0 78.7 ± 2.8 106.5 ± 26.7 96.4 ± 3.2
qco2 (mmol/h)/Cmol 35.1 ± 11.6 36.6 ± 2.3 64.7 ± 25.0 55.5 ± 2.6 91.9 ± 33.9 82.6 ± 2.9 134.6 ± 50.3 102.4 ± 3.3
qTOC (mCmol/h)/Cmol) 5.9 ± 2.7 5.9 ± 2.4 8.4 ± 4.2 8.1 ± 3.5 7.5 ± 3.5 7.3 ± 2.9 10.9 ± 5.0 10.1 ± 4.0