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Table 4 Running time (seconds) for warm-start versus cold-started gene essentiality analysis in quad-precision using Quad MINOS (one LP is run for each reaction at a single growth rate)

From: solveME: fast and reliable solution of nonlinear ME models

Model

Genes

Warm-start

Cold-start

Speed-up

E. coli ME (reduced)

1424

3130.8

58967.4

19×

T. maritima ME [3]

613a

5.26 h

>60 h

12×

  1. aOnly the 613 genes coding for proteins forming functional complexes were tested for essentiality