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TABLE 11.1 A Collection of Yield Factors for Aerobic Growth of Different Microorganisms on Various
Carbon Sources
YF X/S
YF X=O 2
Organism
Substrate
g/g
g/g-C
g/g
Candida utilis
Acetate
0.36
0.90
0.70
Ethanol
0.68
1.30
0.61
Glucose
0.51
1.28
1.32
Enterobacter aerogenes
Acetate
0.18
0.43
0.31
Fructose
0.42
1.05
1.46
Glucose
0.40
1.01
1.11
Glycerol
0.45
1.16
0.97
Lactate
0.18
0.46
0.37
Maltose
0.46
1.03
1.50
Mannitol
0.52
1.32
1.18
Pyruvate
0.20
0.49
0.48
Ribose
0.35
0.88
0.98
Succinate
0.25
0.62
0.62
Klebsiella sp.
Methanol
0.38
1.01
0.56
Methylococcus sp.
Methane
1.01
1.34
0.29
Methanol
0.48
1.28
0.53
Penicillium chrysogenum
Glucose
0.43
1.08
1.35
Pseudomona methanica
Methane
0.56
0.75
0.17
Pseudomona sp.
Methane
0.80
1.06
0.20
Methane
0.60
0.80
0.19
Methanol
0.41
1.09
0.44
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Acetate
0.28
0.70
0.46
Ethanol
0.49
0.93
0.42
Glucose
0.38
0.95
0.85
Rhodopseudomon
spheroids
Glucose
0.45
1.12
1.46
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Glucose
0.50
1.25
0.97
Source: S. Nagai in Advances in Biochemical Engineering, vol. II, T. K. Ghose, A. Fiechter, and N. Blakebrough, eds., Springer-Verlag: New
York, p. 53, 1979.
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