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Table 4 Highest yields recorded for each carbon source during stirred tank reactor experiments

From: Metabolic shift towards increased biohydrogen production during dark fermentation in the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix cameroonii G341

5 g/l cellobiose: yield metabolite/equivalent glucose [mmol/mmol]

Metabolite

Hydrogen

Acetate

Formate

Ethanol

Lactate

Succinate

Ø

0.285

0.806

1.084

0.377

0.428

0.067

SD

0.014

0.033

0.014

0.132

0.036

0.002

20 g/l straw: yield metabolite/straw [mmol/g]

Metabolite

Hydrogen

Acetate

Formate

Ethanol

Lactate

Succinate

Ø

0.475

8.705

1.951

1.152

0.940

0.039

SD

0.004

0.541

0.547

0.573

0.023

0.039

  1. Ø is the mean value of the duplicate and SD the corresponding standard deviation