Fig. 12

Derivation of empirical formula for maximum growth rates as a function of the glucose uptake rate. Green squares are data from yeast species [48]; blue squares represent data from bacterial species [47]. The black, dashed curve is the maximum allowed growth yield given the glucose uptake rate, G _up. The empirical function is \(\frac {1}{3.9G_{up}+2.8}\) and is designed such that all data points lie below it