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Table 7.

Growth stoichiometries of SARS, MERS and SARS-CoV-2 viruses, and their host tissue. The coefficients given in this table are for reaction (1). (Bio) represents the UCF of live matter, the composition of which is given in Table 3.

Name	Reactants								→	Products
Name	Amino acid	CH₂O	O₂	HPO₄^2-	HCO₃^-	Na⁺	K⁺	Cl^-	→	Bio	SO₄^2-	H₂O	H₂CO₃
SARS-CoV-2: Entire virus	1.0238	0.0098	0.0000	0.0065	0.0256	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0192	0.0674	0.0591
SARS-CoV-2: Nucleoprotein	1.3905	0.0000	0.4937	0.0060	0.0437	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0279	0.0551	0.4342

MERS: Entire virus	1.0035	0.0349	0.0000	0.0065	0.0231	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0180	0.0748	0.0615
MERS: Nucleoprotein	1.3657	0.0000	0.4623	0.0061	0.0425	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0273	0.0644	0.4081

SARS-1: Entire virus	1.0302	0.0016	0.0000	0.0064	0.0252	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0190	0.0683	0.0570
SARS-1: Nucleoprotein	1.4047	0.0000	0.5121	0.0060	0.0445	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	→	1	0.0282	0.0553	0.4492

Lung - parenchyma	1.1266	0.0000	0.1070	0.0074	0.0206	0.0100	0.0059	0.0097	→	1	0.0146	0.0661	0.1472