TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of Paracoccus sp. KKU01 growth on sugarcane juice-based medium at C/N ratios of 4 to 53.

Parameter	C/N ratio
	4	10	21	30	53
Maximum OD600	41.16 ± 0.83	45.12 ± 1.87	43.70 ± 1.70	42.17 ± 0.59	31.46 ± 0.88
Specific growth rate (1/h)	0.487 ± 0.002	0.513 ± 0.002	0.519 ± 0.002	0.515 ± 0.002	0.537 ± 0.004
Sugar consumption (%)∗	86.7 ± 1.1	88.8 ± 3.2	72.4 ± 2.0	75.4 ± 1.6	50.8 ± 3.6
Sugar consumption rate [g/(L·h)]∗	0.57 ± 0.05	0.56 ± 0.05	0.58 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.03

∗calculated using the time at which cell growth reached the highest concentration