Table 3 Growth, nitrogen consumption, and nitrogen fate for four strains at the end of nitrogen consumption and for two strains at the point of 50% nitrogen consumption in SM260

Population

10⁶ cell.mL⁻¹

45.5 ± 1.2

51.8 ± 1.7

135.2 ± 0.1

129.8 ± 1.0

109.2 ± 3.1

112.0 ± 1.2

Vol

μm³

73.2 ± 0.5

63.3 ± 1.0

56.3 ± 0.5

61.6 ± 0.2

74.4 ± 1.0

67.4 ± 1.4

DW

g.L⁻¹

1.55 ± 0.02

1.44 ± 0.02

3.20 ± 0.02

3.20 ± 0.03

2.70 ± 0.01

2.70 ± 0.12

YANc

Total

mgN.L⁻¹

160 ± 1

143 ± 1

258 ± 1

258 ± 1

258 ± 1

258 ± 1

NH4+

mgN.L⁻¹

60.4 ± 0.3

46.9 ± 0.7

61.5 ± 0.4

61.5 ± 0.4

61.5 ± 0.4

61.5 ± 0.4

Arg

mgN.L⁻¹

20.4 ± 0.3

20.0 ± 0.4

78.5 ± 0.5

78.5 ± 0.5

78.5 ± 0.5

78.5 ± 0.5

Proteins

% (g.g⁻¹)

56.9 ± 0.3

56.5 ± 0.4

47.6 ± 0.4

47.3 ± 0.2

46.0 ± 0.1

44.8 ± 0.7

mgN.L⁻¹

142 ± 2

130 ± 1

247 ± 0

245 ± 2

202 ± 2

192 ± 0

Vacuole

Total

mgN.L⁻¹

9.5 ± 0.1

6.3 ± 0.3

6.7 ± 0.2

9.4 ± 0.2

20.2 ± 0.7

23.7 ± 0.3

Arg

mgN.L⁻¹

3.7 ± 0.2

4.1 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.0

2.9 ± 0.1

10.7 ± 0.3

8.4 ± 0.2

Cytoplasm

Total

mgN.L⁻¹

4.7 ± 0.0

3.9 ± 0.1

6.4 ± 0.2

5.3 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.1

3.6 ± 0.1