Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 2 Stoichiometric balances for the fermentation using strain CPB6 grown on different substrates

From: Production of high-concentration n-caproic acid from lactate through fermentation using a newly isolated Ruminococcaceae bacterium CPB6

	1 mol caproate produced from
	Lactate	Lactate, acetate	Lactate, butyrate
Lactate	−4.29^a	−3.83^a	−2.68^a
Acetate	0.02	−0.43^a	0.26
Butyrate	0.03	0.17	−0.82^a
Caproate	1.00	1.00	1.00
Hydrogen	2.75	2.36	1.85

Unit is moles
^a “−” Means consumption

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