TABLE 3.

Consumption of CO and mole ratio of CO₂ produced per CO consumed in syngas-cultivated WT and C. ljungdahlii transformants

Syngas-adapted strain	% CO consumed	OD600a	Mole ratio (CO2 produced per CO consumed)
pJF100b	52.65 ± 1.64	0.838	0.237 ± 0.090e
	51.90 ± 0.14	0.806	0.185 ± 0.010d
pJF100 Fdii N-terminally His-tagged IspSc	42	0.888	0.44 ± 0.07d
pJF100 Fdii C-terminally His-tagged IspSc	52	0.952	0.34 ± 0.35d
WTc	58	1.034	0.41 ± 0.12d

^aInitial OD₆₀₀ of 0.500.

^bGrown for 26 h in MES-0F.

^cGrown for 20 h in MES-0F.

^dAverage of two measurements.

^eAverage of three measurements.