Table 2 Parameters fitted to our empirical data

v _Pe,max (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

External phosphate maximum input rate^a

0.08

K_Pe (mM)

External phosphate Michaelis constant

0.0333

v _P,max (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

Internal phosphate maximum input rate

0.0008

K _P (mM)

Internal phosphate Michaelis constant

0.0833

v _G1 (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

External glucose passive uptake rate

0.00031419 × [GLC]^b

v _X1 (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

External xylose passive uptake rate

0.00033 × [XYL]^c

v _X2,max (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

External xylose high-affinity transport maximum rate

0.2

K _X2 (mM)

External xylose high-affinity transport Michaelis constant

3.33

v _X3,max (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

External xylose low-affinity transport maximum rate

2.5

K _X3 (mM)

External xylose low-affinity transport Michaelis constant

3.33

[GOX] (mg gDW⁻¹)

Concentration of external glucose oxidase enzyme

0.1

v _CIT (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

Citric acid output rate constraint^d

0.12

v _OXAL (mmol gDW⁻¹ h⁻¹)

Oxalic acid output rate constraint

0.01