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Table 1 Effect of the dilution rate on fermentation characteristics of wild type E. coli

From: Catabolic regulation analysis of Escherichia coli and its crp, mlc, mgsA, pgi and ptsG mutants

Dilution rate (h-1)

Biomass conc. (g/L)

Glucose conc. (g/L)

Glucose uptake rates (mmol/g/h)

Acetate formation rates (mmol/g/h)

Biomass yield (g/g)

CER (mmol/g/h)

Carbon recovery

0.2

1.45 ± 0.06

ND*

3.07 ± 0.13

ND*

0.37 ± 0.015

9.15

94%

0.4

1.87 ± 0.09

ND*

4.75 ± 0.23

0.01

0.47 ± 0.023

11.61

98%

0.6

2.0 ± 0.09

ND*

6.67 ± 0.3

0.88 ± 0.04

0.5 ± 0.023

13.17

98%

0.7

1.93 ± 0.08

ND*

8.05 ± 0.34

1.33 ± 0.06

0.48 ± 0.02

15.83

97%

  1. ND*: not detectable, where glucose detectable limit was 0.038 g/l.