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• Removes the metabolite concentrations as a variable in the equation.

• Time is also not present in the equation.

• We are left with a simple matrix equation that contains:

  • Stoichiometry: known
  • Uptake rates, secretion rates, and requirements: known
  • Metabolic fluxes: Can be solved for!
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    In the ODE cases before we already had fluxes (rate equations, but lacked C(t).

Flux-Balance Analysis

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