Figure 1

Comparison of predicted and measured glycerol uptake rates as a function of controlled growth rate. Triangles indicate experimentally measured glycerol uptake rates for three growth rates set by three different dilution rates in the chemostat model. The dashed line represents the linear function fitted to the experimental data. Diamonds and solid line represent predictions of the model if glycerol were the only carbon source. Circles and dotted line show predictions of the model when additional oleic acid (hydrolysis product of Tween 80) transport in the range of 0 to 0.04 mmol/g dry weight (DW) per hour was allowed.