Table 3. Specific growth rate.

Specific growth rate (h^-1) of E. coli wt, ΔcobB and ΔpncA strains growing in minimal and complex media with glucose or glycerol as the carbon source.

Medium	wt	ΔcobB	ΔpncA
MM9 + Glucose	0.72 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.02	0.56 ± 0.02
MM9 + Glycerol	0.49 ± 0.01	0.48 ± 0.01	0.53 ± 0.02
TB7 + Glucose	1.01 ± 0.14	1.07 ± 0.05	0.85 ± 0.03
TB7 + Glycerol	0.95 ± 0.13	0.84 ± 0.06	0.77 ± 0.04