Skip to main content

Table 5 Productivities of T. erythraeum according to literature, laboratory experiments, and the dFBA model

From: The use of genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction to predict fluxes and equilibrium composition of N-fixing versus C-fixing cells in a diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium erythraeum

Source

Population fraction (Diazotroph: Photoautotroph)

Growth rate (h-1)

Doubling Time (h)

% Nitrogen released

Nitrogenase flux (mmol N (g DW h)-1-)

CO2 Uptake (mmol CO2 (g DW h)-1)

Literature

0.1:0.9 – 0.2:0.8 [10]

0.0146 [29]

47.5 [29]

7.7 [62] – 52 [22]

0.132 [29]

0.927 [29]

Boyle Lab

N/A

0.0108 ± 8.53 × 10-4

64.4 ± 5.10

N/A

N/A

N/A

dFBA Model

0.1544: 0.8456

0.0146

47.5

39.7%

0.490

0.922

  1. NE corresponds to exported nitrogen in the form of ammonium