Systems Analysis of Bioenergetics and Growth of the Extreme Halophile Halobacterium salinarum
Figure 2
Nutrient consumption and production data from aerobically grown cells.
Experimental data are shown using diamonds (average) with error bars provided. Model simulations are illustrated using red broken curves. The transport patterns of several metabolites qualitatively change during growth. For example, alanine and ornithine switch from production to consumption. For such metabolites, the piecewise Equation (3) was used to model utilization, and the corresponding parameter value, which represents a point near where the qualitative change occurs, is indicated with an inverted green triangle.