Bioreactor batch cultures were performed in a Sartorius Biostat B plus bioreactor in 1 liter of M9 medium with 90 mMeqC of glucose and/or xylose mixes. The temperature was set at 37°C and pH at 7. Nonlimiting aeration conditions were obtained with an airflow set at 0.35 liter · min−1 and adaptation of stirring to maintain pO2 of >20%. Growth was assessed by OD600 measurement at 30-min intervals with a LibraS4 spectrophotometer (Biochrom, UK). Glucose, xylose, and acetate concentrations were quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Agilent, USA) with an HPX 87H ion exclusion column (Bio-Rad) as described in reference 66 (link).
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