GROWTH YIELDS

(1-C) * Mol wt of glucose * carbon fraction in glucose
C.A.Yatp= ------------------------------------------------------------
Carbon fraction in biomass
Where C= fraction of glucose catabolised
A = moles of ATP per mole of glucose
catabolised
For glucose as a substrate, and assuming that carbon constitutes 50% of dry biomass
C.A.Yatp= 144* (1-C)
This condition is satisfied when
144
C= --------------------------
A.Yatp + 144

(1-C) * Mol wt of glucose * carbon fraction in glucose