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 | ||||
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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 |
(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 |
(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 |