Fig. 12.

Derivation of empirical formula for maximum growth rates as a function of the glucose uptake rate. Green squares are data from yeast species [48]; blue squares represent data from bacterial species [47]. The black, dashed curve is the maximum allowed growth yield given the glucose uptake rate, G _up. The empirical function is $\frac{1}{3.9G_{\mathit{\text{up}}}+2.8}$ and is designed such that all data points lie below it