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Table 2 Gompertz model (Eqs. 1, 2) parameter estimates, and their standard errors, for each of the products

From: Production of medium-chain fatty acids and higher alcohols by a synthetic co-culture grown on carbon monoxide or syngas

 

Butyrate

Caproate

Butanol

Hexanol

A (mM)a

25.8 (±0.24)

10.0 (±0.25)

5.73 (±0.12)

4.01 (±0.16)

V m (mmol/l/day)b

10.4 (±0.80)

2.86 (±0.31)

3.47 (±0.69)

1.98 (±0.46)

γ (days)c

2.99 (±0.11)

3.69 (±0.19)

4.28 (±0.18)

4.95 (±0.26)

  1. a Maximal product concentration
  2. b Maximal volumetric production rate
  3. c Lag time before production occurs