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. 2004 Sep;14(9):1797–1805. doi: 10.1101/gr.2546004

Table 1.

Allowable Carbon Sources

Abbr. Metabolite name Abbr. Metabolite name
2ddglcn 2-Dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate tre Trehalose
acgam N-acetyl-D-glucosamine uri Uridine
acmana N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine xtsn Xanthosine
acnam N-Acetylneuraminate xyl-D D-Xylose
adn Adenosine 12ppd-S (S)-Propane-1,2-diol
arab-L L-Arabinose 3hcinnm 3-hydroxycinnamic acid
cytd Cytidine 3hpppn 3-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)propionate
dad-2 Deoxyadenosine 4abut 4-Aminobutanoate
dcyt Deoxycytidine ac Acetate
dgsn Deoxyguanosine acac Acetoacetate
dha Dihydroxyacetone acald Acetaldehyde
din Deoxyinosine akg 2-Oxoglutarate
duri Deoxyuridine ala-D D-Alanine
fru D-Fructose ala-L L-Alanine
fuc-L L-Fucose arg-L L-Arginine
g6p D-Glucose 6-phosphate asn-L L-Asparagine
gal D-Galactose asp-L L-Asparate
galct-D D-Galactarate but Butyrate (n-C4:0)
galctn-D D-Galactonate cit Citrate
galt Galactitol etoh Ethanol
galur D-Galacturonate fum Fumarate
gam D-Glucosamine gin-L L-Glutamine
glc-D D-Glucose glu-L L-Glutamate
glcn D-Gluconate gly Glycine
glcr D-Glucarate glyc Glycerol
glcur D-Glucuronate glyclt Glycolate
glyald D-Glyceraldehyde hdca Hexadecanoate (n-C16:0)
glyc3p Glycerol 3-phosphate lac-D D-Lactate
gsn Guanosine lac-L L-Lactate
idon-L L-idonate mal-L L-Malate
ins Inosine mnl D-Mannitol
lcts Lactose ocdca Octadecanoate (n-C18:0)
malt Maltose orn Ornithine
malthx Maltohexaose pppn Phenylpropanoate
maltpt Maltopentaose pro-L L-Proline
malttr Maltotriose ptrc Putrescine
maltttr Maltotetraose pyr Pyruvate
man D-Mannose ser-D D-Serine
man6p D-Mannose 6-phosphate ser-L L-Serine
melib Melibiose succ Succinate
rib-D D-Ribose tartr-L L-tartrate
rmn L-Rhamnose thr-L L-Threonine
sbt-D D-Sorbitol trp-L L-Tryptophan
sucr Sucrose ttdca Tetradecanoate (n-C14:0)

Shaded metabolites can be used aerobically and anaerobically as sole carbon sources; unshaded metabolites can only be used as sole carbon sources under aerobic conditions.