Modeling the Differences in Biochemical Capabilities of Pseudomonas Species by Flux Balance Analysis: How Good Are Genome-Scale Metabolic Networks at Predicting the Differences?

Table 4

Qualitative growth profiles of P. putida and P. fluorescens on three amino acids. Relative growth rates were estimated qualitatively.

Strains	P. putida KT2440		P. fluorescens ATCC 13525
Amino acid as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen	In silico data (mmol·gDW^−1·hr^−1)	Biological data	In silico data (mmol·gDW^−1·hr^−1)	Biological data
Cys	0	−	0	+
Leu	0.785	−	0.156	(+)
Pro	0.639	++	0.161	(+)
Ser	0.283	+	0.964	++
Gln	0.538	++	1.246	+
GLu	0.556	++	1.244	+

−: no growth; (+): negligible; +: poor growth; ++: good growth.