On 2016 May 04, Martine Crasnier-Mednansky commented:

There are several discrepancies in this paper which cannot be reconciled. For example, figure 1a and table S1 indicate a growth rate of 0.76 hr^-1 for maltotriose with ammonia as nitrogen source. The glucose-maltotriose diauxie with ammonia (Figure 2a, upper and middle panel) indicates a growth rate for maltotriose of 0.37 hr^-1. In diauxie, the growth rate on each sugar is characteristic of that sugar (Monod, 1942). Therefore, the glucose-maltotriose diauxie should exhibit a growth rate of 0.76 hr^-1 for maltotriose. It is likely that the presence of the reporter gene in the diauxie experiment (figure 2) is affecting the growth rate on maltotriose.

On 2016 May 04, Martine Crasnier-Mednansky commented:

There are several discrepancies in this paper which cannot be reconciled. For example, figure 1a and table S1 indicate a growth rate of 0.76 hr^-1 for maltotriose with ammonia as nitrogen source. The glucose-maltotriose diauxie with ammonia (Figure 2a, upper and middle panel) indicates a growth rate for maltotriose of 0.37 hr^-1. In diauxie, the growth rate on each sugar is characteristic of that sugar (Monod, 1942). Therefore, the glucose-maltotriose diauxie should exhibit a growth rate of 0.76 hr^-1 for maltotriose. It is likely that the presence of the reporter gene in the diauxie experiment (figure 2) is affecting the growth rate on maltotriose.