Table 2.

List of parameters in the model for mixotrophic growth co-limited by nitrogen and phosphorus

Type	Symbol	Parameter description	Value	Units	References
Associated to growth	µmax	Maximum specific growth rate	0.106	h−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	qN,0	Minimum nitrogen quota	0.877	gN gC−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	qP,0	Minimum phosphorus quota	0.016	gPO4 gC−1	This work
	Ks,A	Acetate saturation constant	1.789	gC L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	ki,A	Acetate inhibition constant	0.110	gC L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	Ks,I	Light saturation constant	1.4	µmol m−2 s−1	Mairet et al. [53]
	ki,I	Light inhibition constant	186.5	µmol m−2 s−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	YX/A	Acetate yield coefficient	0.059	gC gC−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	Ϭ	Light attenuation coefficient	1	L gC−1 m−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
Associated to N and P -uptake	ρN,max	Maximum N uptake rate	44.01	gN gC−1 h−1	This work*
	K*	Saturation constant, No	0.300	gN L−1	This work*
	n	Shape-controlling parameter	14.54	–	This work*
	ФN	N Uptake regulation coefficient	143.9	L gC−1	This work*
	Ks,N	Uptake saturation constant, N	0.163	gN L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	ki,N	Uptake inhibition constant, N	0.113	gN L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	Ks,A:N	Uptake saturation constant, A:N	1.004	gC L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	ki,A:N	Uptake inhibition constant, A:N	1.098	gC L−1	Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]
	KP	P quota supporting N uptake	0.057	gPO4 gC−1	This work
	ρP,max	Maximum P uptake rate	21.10	gPO4 gC−1 h−1	This work
	Ks,P	Uptake saturation constant, P	2.299	gPO4 L−1	This work
	ki,P	Uptake inhibition constant, P	0.004	gPO4 L−1	This work
Associated to starch and lipid formation	r1	Starch formation rate (R1)	0.058	gC gC−1	This work*
	Ks,S	Saturation constant (R1)	0.000	gN L−1	This work*
	ki,S	Inhibition constant (R1)	0.205	gN L−1	This work*
	nS	Shape parameter (R1)	4.17	–	This work*
	k1	Regulation constant (R1)	0.108	–	This work*
	ФS	Regulation coefficient (R1)	0.775	L gC−1	This work*
	r2	Starch degradation rate (R2)	0.005	gC gC−1	This work*
	ksat,S	Starch saturation constant (R2)	0.018	–	This work
	r3	Lipid formation rate (R3)	0.191	gN gC−1 h−1	This work*
	Ks,L	Saturation constant (R3)	0.012	gN L−1	This work*
	ki,L	Inhibition constant (R3)	0.091	gN L−1	This work*
	nL	Shape parameter (R3)	2.01	–	This work*
	k2	Regulation constant (R3)	0.153	–	This work*
	ФL	Regulation coefficient (R3)	0.000	L gC−1	This work*
	r4	Lipid degradation rate (R4)	0.007	gN gC−1 h−1	This work*
	ksat,L	Lipid saturation constant (R4)	0.079	–	This work

^* Parameter values were re-identified from those established in Figueroa-Torres et al. [42]