Table 2.

Stoichiometric balances for the fermentation using strain CPB6 grown on different substrates

	1 mol caproate produced from
	Lactate	Lactate, acetate	Lactate, butyrate
Lactate	−4.29a	−3.83a	−2.68a
Acetate	0.02	−0.43a	0.26
Butyrate	0.03	0.17	−0.82a
Caproate	1.00	1.00	1.00
Hydrogen	2.75	2.36	1.85

Unit is moles

^a “−” Means consumption