Succinic acid production with Actinobacillus succinogenes: rate and yield analysis of chemostat and biofilm cultures

Table 2 Biofilm steady-state results obtained during low shear experiments

*Run no.*	*D (h* ⁻¹ )	*Glc out (g.L* ⁻¹ )	*ΔGlc (g.L* ⁻¹ ) ^*1	*SA (g.L* ⁻¹ )	*AA (g.L* ⁻¹ )	*FA (g.L* ⁻¹ )	*Suspended x (g.L* ⁻¹ )	*Total x (g.L* ⁻¹ ) ^*2	*Fraction cells in total x*	*SA/AA (g.g* ⁻¹ )	*FA/AA (g.g* ⁻¹ )	Y _Glc,SA *(g.g* ⁻¹ )	q _SA *(g.L* ⁻¹ h ⁻¹ )	r _SA *(g.g* ⁻¹ h ⁻¹ ) ^*3	*Modified r* _SA *(g.g* ⁻¹ h ⁻¹ ) ^*4
1	0.5	14.9	26.1	18.16	5.56	2.26	0.0	26.1	0.52	3.3	0.4	0.70	9.2	0.35	0.69
2	0.6	19.0	21.9	15.56	5.12	2.44	0.0	28.9	0.65	3.0	0.5	0.71	8.6	0.30	0.46
3	0.6	18.8	22.8	15.85	5.29	2.47	1.0	28.3	0.59	3.0	0.5	0.70	9.6	0.34	0.58
4	0.7	26.5	15.1	11.27	3.40	1.29	0.2	15.5	0.57	3.3	0.4	0.75	8.0	0.52	0.91
5	0.9	28.3	13.1	9.72	3.23	1.64	0.2	15.0	0.55	3.0	0.5	0.74	9.0	0.60	1.10
6	1.0	23.1	15.2	10.36	4.21	2.86	0.0	17.0	0.58	2.5	0.7	0.68	10.2	0.60	1.03
7	1.0	21.0	17.1	12.25	4.59	3.01	0.0	27.3	0.64	2.7	0.7	0.71	12.5	0.46	0.71
8	1.7	31.0	11.1	7.41	2.63	1.75	0.0	17.0	0.49	2.8	0.7	0.67	12.9	0.76	1.54
9	1.9	34.9	6.8	4.47	1.90	1.42	0.0	13.2	0.26	2.3	0.7	0.66	8.5	0.64	2.49
10	1.9	33.5	8.4	5.29	2.23	1.69	0.8	25.3	0.20	2.4	0.8	0.63	10.2	0.40	2.00
11	2.2	30.4	11.2	7.67	2.79	1.76	0.0	25.7	0.50	2.7	0.6	0.69	17.1	0.66	1.33

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