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...Carbon catabolite repression (CCR) is the main mechanism controlling carbohydrate uptake in bacteria, and therefore also controlling whether or not different carbon sources are metabolized in parallel or sequentially. Although described as a paradigm of the regulation of bacterial metabolism, the underlying mechanisms remain controversial. The models in the ensemble can be categorized according to regulatory, stoichiometric, and physiological constraints and differ from each other on only a single aspect. We distinguish four groups of models: (1) flux balance models that only define reaction kinetics for substrate uptake and by-product excretion, (2) kinetic models without and (3) kinetic models with regulation on the metabolic and/or genetic level, and (4) resource allocation models.