Treatment Observed YX/S(g-biomass produced/g-substrate consumed)
1 n.a.*
2 0.238a
3 0.448a
4 0.509b
5 0.417a
6 0.177a

Table 2: Observed overall biomass yields from the fed-batch runs: *Not calculated since there are three acids and stationary phase was quickly reached; aData from 24hour to 120h period; bData from 36hour to 108h period.