TABLE 2.
Generation times of WT and mutant strains of C. crescentus CB15 grown using different carbon sources
| Carbon source | Generation time (min) for: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | ΔcheAI mutant | ΔcheBI mutant | ΔcheAII mutant | ΔcheBII mutant | |
| Complex carbon sources | |||||
| PYE | 94 ± 5 | 95 ± 5 | 97 ± 5 | 93 ± 5 | 95 ± 8 |
| Casamino Acids | 123 ± 5 | 122 ± 7 | 116 ± 8 | 125 ± 5 | 119 ± 7 |
| Peptone | 115 ± 5 | 128 ± 4 | 110 ± 5 | 118 ± 5 | 125 ± 8 |
| Tryptone | 109 ± 3 | 102 ± 5 | 115 ± 6 | 113 ± 6 | 105 ± 7 |
| Sugars | |||||
| Glucose | 121 ± 6 | 125 ± 8 | 122 ± 8 | 118 ± 5 | 120 ± 8 |
| Maltose | 125 ± 9 | 127 ± 7 | 132 ± 8 | 129 ± 7 | 131 ± 9 |
| Sucrose | 137 ± 3 | 141 ± 6 | 144 ± 6 | 140 ± 1 | 138 ± 5 |
| Xylose | 138 ± 7 | 138 ± 6 | 138 ± 5 | 134 ± 6 | 135 ± 6 |
| Amino acids | |||||
| Alanine | 473 ± 10 | 496 ± 10 | 487 ± 9 | 500 ± 10 | 478 ± 9 |
| Glutamic acid | 443 ± 8 | 437 ± 9 | 438 ± 7 | 449 ± 9 | 444 ± 10 |
| Organic acids | |||||
| Citrate | 573 ± 17 | 590 ± 9 | 578 ± 14 | 582 ± 16 | 585 ± 8 |
| Pyruvate | 569 ± 8 | 582 ± 14 | 558 ± 10 | 580 ± 11 | 560 ± 13 |
| Succinate | 391 ± 11 | 405 ± 7 | 401 ± 10 | 406 ± 12 | 403 ± 10 |
| Alcohols | |||||
| Glycerol | 604 ± 11 | 613 ± 13 | 628 ± 14 | 655 ± 13 | 599 ± 15 |
| Mannitol | 630 ± 13 | 623 ± 16 | 625 ± 11 | 634 ± 9 | 622 ± 12 |