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. 2017 Nov 21;11(1):224–237. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12871

Table 2.

Detailed reconciled elemental and macromolecular composition of cells grown on glycerol and methanol at different growth rates, and the averaged biomass composition used for defining the stoichiometric coefficients in iMT1026 v3.0. Values represent weight/weight % ± SD

Glycerol Methanol Average glycerola Average methanola Glucoseb
D (h−1) 0.035 0.065 0.100 0.160 0.035 0.065 0.100
Protein 36.0 ± 6.7 41.2 ± 0.4 41.1 ± 2.9 43.3 ± 2.8 48.6 ± 1.0 50.7 ± 0.5 51.5 ± 2.1 41.0 ± 1.5 50.1 ± 0.8 37.0 ± 2.4
Carbohydrate 45.6 ± 7.5 37.0 ± 1.1 35.9 ± 3.1 33.9 ± 1.3 29.0 ± 2.8 28.9 ± 0.8 23.5 ± 1.3 35.9 ± 2.0 27.3 ± 1.5 36.9 ± 3.5
Lipid 1.3 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 3e‐2 2.2 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.1 2.4 ± 0.6 2.5 ± 0.4 2.0 ± 0.2 6.2 ± 3.3
RNA 6.0 ± 0.1 6.7 ± 1.1 7.6 ± 1.2 9.1 ± 2.6 5.7 ± 0.6 6.3 ± 1.3 7.1 ± 0.4 7.8 ± 0.6 7.0 ± 0.6 6.6 ± 0.7
DNA 0.19 ± 1e‐3 0.19 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 4e‐3 0.18 ± 4e‐3 0.18 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01
SO4 0.28 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 1e‐3 0.45 ± 0.10 0.46 ± 0.11 0.63 ± 4e‐3 0.69 ± 0.05 0.66 ± 0.06 0.46 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.04 0.3 ± 0.3
H2O 5.8 ± 0.6 5.7 ± 0.2 6.6 ± 2.5 6.6 ± 0.2 8.4 ± 0.1 6.2 ± 1.8 8.1 ± 0.7 5.6 ± 0.7 7.2 ± 0.9 6.3 ± 2.4
Metals 5.3 ± 1.0 7.0 ± 0.1 6.0 ± 0.9 5.8 ± 1.1 5.3 ± 2.1 5.2 ± 2.0 6.6 ± 0.1 7.0 ± 0.6 6.3 ± 0.6 6.4 ± 0.4
C 42.3 ± 0.1 41.9 ± 0.1 41.9 ± 0.9 42.44 ± 1.00 42.2 ± 0.8 43.2 ± 0.1 41.8 ± 0.2 41.98 ± 0.27 42.28 ± 0.53 43.0 ± 1.4
H 6.3 ± 3e‐2 6.24 ± 2e‐3 6.3 ± 0.2 6.44 ± 0.08 6.6 ± 0.1 6.5 ± 0.2 6.5 ± 0.1 6.24 ± 0.06 6.43 ± 0.05 6.3 ± 0.2
N 7.4 ± 1.2 8.4 ± 0.1 8.7 ± 0.7 9.22 ± 0.24 9.7 ± 0.1 10.2 ± 0.1 10.4 ± 0.4 8.58 ± 0.31 10.06 ± 0.16 6.9 ± 0.4
O 37.8 ± 2.2 35.4 ± 4e‐2 36.0 ± 2.6 34.98 ± 0.40 35.2 ± 1.3 33.9 ± 1.6 33.4 ± 0.7 35.11 ± 0.58 33.83 ± 0.46 36.4 ± 1.4
S 0.25 ± 0.06 0.30 ± 1e‐3 0.25 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.04 0.41 ± 0.01 0.4 ± 0.02 0.43 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.03 0.41 ± 0.01 0.2 ± 0.1
Ashes 5.9 ± 1.0 7.7 ± 4e‐3 6.8 ± 1.1 6.6 ± 1.3 5.9 ± 2.0 5.9 ± 1.8 7.4 ± 0.1 7.8 ± 0.6 7.0 ± 0.6 7.1 ± 0.4
a

Average compositions are weighted averages using 1/SD.

b

Corresponding to P. pastoris growing at = 0.1 h−1. Data taken from Carnicer et al. (2009).