Table 2. Maximal accumulation of external pyruvate in the supernatant during growth in LB medium.

Quantitative measurement of external pyruvate concentrations of all selected strains grown in LB medium (largest values out of one independent experiment). Plots of extracellular pyruvate concentrations over time are displayed in Fig 6.

Strains	Max. pyruvate concentration
Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655	709 μM
Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium SL1344	221 μM
Enterobacter aerogenes KCTC2190	544 μM
Citrobacter freundii ATCC 8090	881 μM
Xenorhabdus szentirmaii	222 μM
Serratia marcescens ATCC 13880	609 μM
Yersinia enterocolitica 8081	709 μM
Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966	328 μM
Vibrio harveyi BA1115	2837 μM