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Table 1 Physiological data from anaerobic chemostats with and without HMF and furfural added to the feed-medium
| Specific production rates (c-mmol g DW-1 h-1) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethanol | Glycerol | CO2 | Acetate | Xylitol | Pyruvate | Succinate | Glc uptake | Xyl uptake | Biomass yield (g c-mol-1) | Residual HMF (mmol) | Residual furfural (mmol) | Carbon recovery | |
| Control | 21.4 ± 0.8 | 5.37 ± 0.89 | 14.8 ± 0.8 | 0.283 ± 0.083 | 5.77 ± 0.17 | 0.078 ± 0.011 | 0.167 ± 0.001 | 36.6 ± 1.2 | 18.0 ± 0.3 | 1.81 ± 0.06 | - | - | 0.95 ± 0.03 |
| Inhibitors | 19.3 ± 0.4 | 4.91 ± 0.28 | 12.7 ± 0.5 | 0.256 ± 0.046 | 6.48 ± 0.36 | 0.069 ± 0.002 | 0.184 ± 0.029 | 31.9 ± 1.6 | 17.0 ± 1.0 | 2.06 ± 0.06 | 3.42 ± 0.15 | 0.021 ± 0.003 | 0.98 ± 0.02 |
