Comparison of growth rates predicted by simulation model to those experimentally measured in batch cultures.

*Average and standard deviation of the instantaneously measured growth rate and photon uptake rates were calculated over the first 5 hours. (See Text S1 for more detail about batch growth rate simulation).
**For computational predictions of the growth rate for batches 6–10, the total photon uptake flux measurements at 630 nm and 680 nm was used to constrain the total photon uptake flux in the model (EX_photon PSI_e+EX_photon PSII_e).
#Experimental photon uptake and growth rates from batches 1–5 were used to calculate ATP requirement parameters GAR and NGAR.