Table 1 Steady-state and average feast–famine biomass specific rates with their associated standard deviations
|  | Steady-state | Feast–famine (cycle average) | log2-fold changes between the two regimes |
|---|---|---|---|
Biomass concentration (g/L) | 9.33 ± 0.01 | 6.28 ± 0.03 | − 0.6 |
Biomass growth μ (g/gCDW/h) | 0.044 ± 0.002 | 0.048 ± 0.003 | + 0.1 |
Lysis rate (g/gCDW/h) | – | 0.008 ± 0.006 | – |
qGlucose (mmolglc/gCDW/h) | − 0.73 ± 0.01 | − 1.12 ± 0.02 | + 0.6 |
\({\text{q}}_{{{\text{O}}_{2} }}\) (\({\text{mmol}}_{{{\text{O}}_{2} }}\)/gCDW/h) | − 2.08 ± 0.02 | − 4.42 ± 0.06 | + 1.1 |
\({\text{q}}_{{{\text{CO}}_{2} }}\) (\({\text{mmol}}_{{{\text{CO}}_{2} }}\)/gCDW/h) | 2.30 ± 0.02 | 4.53 ± 0.06 | + 1.0 |
Respiratory quotient | 1.11 ± 0.01 | 1.03 ± 0.02 | − 0.1 |
Total biomass yield (gCDW/gglc) | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | − 0.5 |
Oxygen to substrate ratio (\({\text{mmol}}_{{{\text{O}}_{2} }}\)/mmolglc) | 2.85 ± 0.05 | 3.94 ± 0.08 | + 0.5 |