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Table 3 Physiological parameters of B. methanolicus MGA3 chemostat cultures growing at two different dilution rates

From: Quantitative metabolomics of the thermophilic methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus

 

D: 010 h−1a

D: 015 h−1a

From [38]a

Value ± sd 

Value ± sd 

Methanol [mmol/(gDCW*h)] 

−7.48 ± 0.13

−8.59 ± 0.17

−15.5

Biomass [1/h] 

0.100 ± 0.03

0.148 ± 0.001

0.25

CER [mmol/(gDCW*h)] 

3.22 ± 0.2

2.60 ± 0.13

4.17

OUR [mmol/(gDCW*h)] 

−7.05 ± 0.65

−6.76 ± 0.23

−10.82

MER [mmol/(gDCW*h)] 

0.18 ± 0.07

0.08 ± 0.02

–

RQ [mol CO2/mol O2] 

0.46 ± 0.01

0.38 ± 0.01

0.39

Yield [gDCW/gMeOH] 

0.42 ± 0.02

0.53 ± 0.02

0.5

  1. sd standard deviation; CER CO2 evolution rate; OUR O2 uptake rate; MER methanol evaporation rate; RQ respiratory coefficient
  2. aPositive values mean production and negative values mean consumption