Table 1.

Model validation against experimental conditions from literature.

	Predicted growth	Measured growth
Growth condition	rate [h-1]	rate [h-1]
sMMO – NO3	0.18	0.121
sMMO – NH4	0.23	0.091
sMMO – L-Alanine	1.0	0.081
sMMO – L-Aspartate	1.0	0.111
sMMO – L-Asparagine	1.0	0.111
sMMO – L-Cysteine	1.0	0.091
sMMO – L-Glutamate	0.47	0.111
sMMO – L-Glutamine	0.47	0.111
sMMO – L-Valine	0.46	0.071
	Predicted growth	Experimental
Growth condition	rate [h-1]	observation
CO2 + H2 - NO3	0.05	Growth observed2
CO2 - NO3	Infeasible	No growth2
H2 - NO3	0	No growth2
CO2 + Formate - NO3	0.06	Growth observed2
Formate - NO3	0.06	No growth2

¹Patel and Hoare (1971) converted from Doubling Time [h^-1], ²Baxter et al. (2002).