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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 732-746 
    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: Desulfovibrio vulgaris ; hydrogen cycling ; kinetics ; thermodynamics ; modeling ; anaerobic ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: A unified model for the growth of Desulfovibrio vulgaris under different environmental conditions is presented. The model assumes the existence of two electron transport mechanisms functioning simultaneously. One mechanism results in the evolution and consumption of hydrogen, as in the hydrogen-cycling model. The second mechanism assumes a direct transport of electrons from the donor to the acceptor, without the participation of H2. A combination of kinetic and thermodynamic conditions control the flow of electrons through each pathway. The model was calibrated using batch experiments with D. vulgaris grown on lactate, in the presence and absence of sulfate, and was verified using additional batch experiments under different conditions. The model captured the general trends of consumption of substrates and accumulation of products, including the transient accumulation and consumption of H2. Furthermore, the model estimated that 48% of the electrons transported from lactate to sulfate involved H2 production, indicating that hydrogen cycling is a fundamental process in D. vulgaris. The presence of simultaneous electron transport mechanisms might provide D. vulgaris with important ecological advantages, because it facilitates a rapid response to changes in environmental conditions. This model increases our ability to study the microbial ecology of anaerobic environments and the role of Desulfovibrio species in a variety of environments. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:732-746, 1998.
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 (1994), S. 1040-1047 
    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: soluble microbial products (SMP) ; anaerobic chemostats ; 14C-tracer experiments ; kinetic modeling ; utilization-associated products (UAP) ; biomass-associated products (BAP) ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: The production of soluble microbial products (SMP) in anaerobic systems was evaluated using chemostat reactors. Results from steady-state and tracer experiments with 14C-glucose and 14C-acetate showed that significant amounts of SMP were produced during the acidogenesis of glucose, but that SMP did not accumulate during methanogenesis from acetate. In addition, at a retention time of 40 days, SMP comprised almost all of the effluent COD from the glucose-fed chemostat. For shorter retention times, as low as 10 days, the SMP concentration remained almost constant, but its significance in the effluent COD was reduced due to the accumulation of intermediate volatile fatty acids. The results from a 14C-tracer experiment in the glucose-fed chemostat were used to evaluate the importance of including SMP formation and degradation in kinetic modeling of the methanogenic chemostats. Three models were evaluated: a model without SMP production, a model with SMP production but no degradation, and a model with SMP production and degradation, The results of this kinetic analysis indicate that the model that includes SMP production and degradation was the only one able to adequately represent the fate of 14C in the tracer experiment. The kinetic parameters were successfully used to predict steady-state concentrations of SMP and to characterize the formation and degradation characteristics of the SMP. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 5 Ill.
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