Table 1.
Average and maximal consumption/production rates of CO and main carboxylate products for the different operation phases
| Phase | CO | Even-carbon number carboxylates | Odd-carbon number carboxylates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acetate | N-butyrate | N-caproate | N-caprylate | Propionate | N-valerate | N-heptylate | |||
| Average consumption/production rates (mmol L−1 day−1) | I | 1.406 (0.671)a | 0.146 (0.042) | 0.004 (0.001) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.056 (0.007) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| II | 3.720 (0.724) | 0.515 (0.072) | 0.062 (0.005) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.006 (0.009) | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| III | 5.033 (0.761) | 0.532 (0.072) | 0.092 (0.012) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.033 (0.009) | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| IV | 6.774 (0.644) | 0.272 (0.230) | 0.074 (0.020) | 0.000 | 0.000 | − 0.003 (0.022) | 0.060 (0.014) | 0.000 | |
| V | 8.750 (0.519) | 0.885 (0.264) | 0.065 (0.004) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.087 (0.020) | 0.003 (0.013) | 0.000 | |
| VI | 10.376 (0.793) | 0.618 (0.320) | 0.056 (0.030) | 0.045 (0.006) | 0.025 (0.003) | 0.035 (0.015) | 0.011 (0.024) | 0.045 (0.006) | |
| VII | 5.446 (3.666) | 0.399 (0.143) | 0.091 (0.012) | 0.009 (0.002) | 0.004 (0.001) | 0.005 (0.005) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.002) | |
| Maximal consumption/production rates (mmol L−1 day−1) | 13.950 | 10.985 | 1.188 | 0.276 | 0.112 | 0.617 | 0.834 | 0.442 | |
| Maximal concentrations (mmol L−1) | / | 80.649 | 8.121 | 1.892 | 1.033 | 4.424 | 1.669 | 1.635 | |
aStandard deviations in brackets