Table 2.
Comparative results of the minimal cut sets found for different target products in iJO1366 and iJO1366*. The given rounded percentages of subset and superset categories refer to the respective total number of minimal cut sets. The complete results can be found in Additional file 2
| Product | Ethanol | Succinate | Leucine | Valine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | iJO1366 | iJO1366* | iJO1366 | iJO1366* | iJO1366 | iJO1366* | iJO1366 | iJO1366* |
| #MCS | 4538 | 7168 | 7801 | 9619 | 196 | 0 | 29,290 | 3712 |
| #MCS up to size 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #MCS of size 4 | 87 | 189 | 135 | 215 | 24 | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| #MCS of size 5 | 678 | 871 | 1918 | 2148 | 32 | 0 | 3100 | 48 |
| #MCS of size 6 | 3773 | 6108 | 5748 | 7196 | 140 | 0 | 25,950 | 3664 |
| #MCS being subset of the other model’s MCS | 11 (0.2%) | 231 (3.2%) | 21 (0.3%) | 174 (1.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #MCS being superset of the other model’s MCS | 1516 (33.4%) | 101 (1.4%) | 1218 (15.6%) | 42 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #MCS shared by both models | 1899 (41.8%) | 1899 (26.5%) | 6141 (78.7%) | 6141 (63.9%) | 0 | 0 | 3280 (11.2%) | 3280 (88.4%) |
| #MCS neither identical, superset or subset of the other model’s MCS | 1112 (24.6%) | 4937 (68.9%) | 421 (5.4%) | 3262 (33.9%) | 196 (100%) | 0 | 26,010 (88.8%) | 432 (11.6%) |