Figure 2

Metabolic core network including production pathways. Metabolic fluxmap of the E. coli network including exchange reactions and production pathways. All reactions of the core network are shown with their respective number, RX, as given in Additional file 1. Production pathways are condensed to single reaction steps displayed in light blue. Required precursors for biomass formation (R1) are labelled with blue borderline. The substrates are highlighted in yellow while all target products are coloured according to their most beneficial electron-exchange-option. Increased production by anodes are displayed red, increased product yields by cathodes green while no benefit from either electron transport is shown blue. If a product shows increased yields on different electrodes depending on the substrate a mixed colour pattern was chosen. Key abbreviations are given in the supplementary information.