Table 2.

Physiological characteristics of T. thermophilus LC113 grown on 1.8 g/L of [1,6-¹³C]glucose, 1.8 g/L of [5-¹³C]xylose, and a mixture of 0.9 g/L of [1,6-¹³C]glucose + 0.9 g/L of [5-¹³C]xylose.

	[1,6-13C]glucose	[5-13C]xylose	[1,6-13C]glucose + [5-13C]xylose
Growth rate (h−1)	0.42 ± 0.02	0.44 ± 0.02	0.45 ± 0.02
qGluc (mmol/gDW/h)	6.6 ± 0.2	-	4.1 ± 0.2
qXyl (mmol/gDW/h)	-	8.2 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.2