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Table 2 Effect of CO2 Fixation on Growth Rate

From: In silico characterization of microbial electrosynthesis for metabolic engineering of biochemicals

Condition

Wild Type

(Glucose)

Glucose with Enhancement

Glucose and Wood- Ljungdahl Pathway

Glucose and Wood- Ljungdahl Pathway with Enhancement

Enhancementon only CO2

Growth Rate (hr-1)

0.19

0.21

0.31

0.38*

0.008

Growth Yield (×102)**

3.1

3.4

5.2

5.8

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  1. *Carbon from CO2 represented roughly 10% of total carbon. Carbon from CO2 as a faction of total carbon (glucose + CO2) was negligible for other conditions.
  2. ** Defined as Growth Rate/(6*Total Incoming Glucose + Total Incoming Carbon Dioxide)
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