Table 2.

Stoichiometric balances for the fermentation using strain CPB6 grown on different substrates

Substrates	1 mol caproate produced froma
	Acetate	Butyrate	Lactate
Lactate	ND	ND	− 3.6
Lactate + sucrose	ND	ND	− 2.22
Lactate + acetate	− 0.82	0.33	− 3.25
Lactate + acetate + sucrose	− 0.37	0.29	− 1.91
Lactate + butyrate	0.42	− 0.75	− 1.88
Lactate + butyrate + sucrose	0.26	− 0.57	− 1.26

ND not detected

^a Unit is moles

“–” means net consumption of substrate