Table 2.

Effect of carbon source on cell growth (OD), lycopene production and specific growth rate (μ_max) in the E. coli aqueous cultures

Carbon source	OD (600 nm)	Lycopene (mg L−1)	μmax (h−1)
Glucose
E. coli K12L	3.56 ± 0.07	16.18 ± 0.81	0.33 ± 0.03
E. coli BL21L	3.86 ± 0.04	11.51 ± 0.52	0.43 ± 0.01
E. coli BL21LF	4.27 ± 0.04	27.51 ± 1.35	0.43 ± 0.02
E. coli BL21LG	3.29 ± 0.17	21.15 ± 1.01	0.35 ± 0.04
Glycerol
E. coli K12L	3.61 ± 0.15	20.88 ± 1.04	0.27 ± 0.01
E. coli BL21L	3.95 ± 0.24	14.84 ± 0.74	0.30 ± 0.04
E. coli BL21LF	2.79 ± 0.04	37.56 ± 1.41	0.31 ± 0.01
E. coli BL21LG	1.55 ± 0.06	27.28 ± 0.81	0.28 ± 0.06

Data represent the means and standard deviations from three separate experiments