A kinetic model for microbial growth on liquid hydrocarbons

✍ Scribed by M. Chakravarty; H. D. Singh; J. N. Baruah

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 564 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-3592
• DOI: 10.1002/bit.260170308

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A kinetic model is presented to explain microbial growth using liquid n‐alkanes as substrate. The model is based on the assumption that growth occurs on the soluble alkane and that the metabolite produced by the growing cells helps the dissolution of liquid alkanes in the aqueous medium. Growth curves based on that model fit well with growth data for batch and continuous culture reported by various authors. The model also explains the differences between the relative length of exponential and linear phases of growth reported earlier.