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Table 4 Experimental and predicted growth rates of iNS934 Experimental and predicted growth rates for N. salina batch cultures growing in six different conditions

From: Reconstruction of the microalga Nannochloropsis salina genome-scale metabolic model with applications to lipid production

CO 2

Nitrogen source

Experimental μ

Predicted μ

Error (%)

0.03%

Nitrate

0.0207

0.0169

22.1%

0.03%

Ammonium

0.0206

0.0156

32.2%

0.03%

Urea

0.0109

0.0098

11.1%

0.03%

Nitrate

0.0203

0.0186

9.3%

2%

Nitrate

0.0183

0.0207

11.8%

5%

Nitrate

0.0185

0.0178

4.2%

  1. Nitrate, ammonium and urea were used independently as nitrogen sources and CO 2 was used as the inorganic carbon source for each batch culture. Air (0.03% of CO 2) and CO 2 enriched air (2% and 5% of CO 2) were used independently in the gas inlet