Table 1.

A comparison of the energy molecule production and consumption from different pathways.

	M	H	M	H	M	H
Pathway	ATP		NADH		NADPH
Glycolysis	−4	4	37	112	n/a	n/a
TCA Cycle	7	30	113	167	n/a	n/a
OPP/Calvin Cycle	−42	0	n/a	n/a	61	175
Anaplerotic Pathway	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	16
Biomass	−382	−274	28	20	−284	−191
Overall Balance	−421	−240	178	298	−219	0

Note: all values are normalized to a glucose uptake rate of 100 mol h⁻¹ in both mixotrophic cells (M) and heterotrophic cells (H).