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Table 1 Specific growth rate and xylose consumption rate, and fermentation profiles of wild-type BL21(DE3) strain and adapted strains with D-glucose + D-xylose, and D-xylose

From: Efficient anaerobic consumption of D-xylose by E. coli BL21(DE3) via xylR adaptive mutation

Added sugar (mM)

Strain

Fermentation time (h)a

Specific growth rate (μ) (fold)

Maximum xylose consumption rate (mM/h) (fold)

Metabolites (mM)

Acetate

Ethanol

Formate

Lactate

Succinate

Glucose (12.5)

+Xylose (12.5)

BL21(DE3)

42

0.88 ± 0.02 (1.0)

1.1 ± 0.0 (1.0)

22.7 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.4

33.6 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.0

12.2 ± 0.2

JH001

12

0.85 ± 0.03 (1.0)

1.9 ± 0.2 (1.7)

22.0 ± 0.9

15.2 ± 0.6

38.9 ± 1.8

0.2 ± 0.0

5.3 ± 0.1

JH019

12

0.91 ± 0.07 (1.0)

2.9 ± 0.6 (2.7)

22.8 ± 0.8

14.4 ± 0.9

39.4 ± 1.5

0.2 ± 0.0

4.8 ± 0.3

Xylose (25)

BL21(DE3)

21

0.59 ± 0.04 (1.0)

2.0 ± 0.0 (1.0)

19.4 ± 0.3

7.4 ± 0.1

23.4 ± 0.4

NDa

17.9 ± 0.1

JH001

16

0.63 ± 0.03 (1.1)

3.7 ± 0.6 (1.9)

22.8 ± 0.2

15.1 ± 0.2

41.5 ± 0.4

ND

4.3 ± 0.1

JH019

10

0.60 ± 0.02 (1.0)

7.4 ± 0.6 (3.7)

21.6 ± 0.1

13.7 ± 0.3

38.2 ± 0.2

ND

4.3 ± 0.1

  1. aFermentation time (h) when glucose plus xylose or xylose were completely consumed
  2. aND Not detected