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  • 1
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    A thermodynamically based correlation for maintenance gibbs energy requirements in aerobic and anaerobic chemotrophic growth (1993)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 42 (1993), S. 509-519 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: Gibbs energy requirements ; chemotrophic growth ; maintenance ; anaerobic and aerobic ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: A thermodynamic framework has been provided for the description of maintenance requirements of microorganisms. The central parameter is the biomass specific Gibbs energy consumption for maintenance, mE (kJ/C-mol biomass · h). A large set of data has been used including (i) a large range of different organisms (bacteria, yeasts, plant cells), (ii) mixed cultures, (iii) heterotrophic and autotrophic growth, (iv) growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and (v) a large temperature range (5-75°C). It appears that only the temperature has a major influence, with an energy of activation of 69 kJ/mol. Different electron donors or electron acceptors only show a very minor influence on mE. On the basis of the data set, temperature correlations of mE have been derived for aerobic and anaerobic growth. The generalized concept for maintenance Gibbs energy is used to establish a correlation which allows the estimation of the biomass yield on electron donor as a function of C-source, electron donor, electron acceptor, N source, growth rate, and temperature. The advantage of using the mE parameter over other maintenance-related parameters (like μe, mO2, mD, γDmD) is discussed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260420415
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    Solids retention time in spherical biofilms in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 (1994), S. 867-879 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: biofilm ; microbeads ; solids retention time ; airlift reactor ; particulates ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Fluorescent microparticles were used as tracer beads to measure the dynamics of solids in spherical biofilms in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor. Attachment to, release from, and penetration into the biofilms of the tracer beads were measured. The coverage of the biofilm surface was low and the steady state particle concentration on the surface was dependent on the biofilm surface characteristics. The measured attachment rate constant was identical in both experiments and appeared to be determined by the hydrodynamic conditions in the turbulent reactor. The attachment rate was much faster than the release rate of the tracer beads and, therefore, the solidsretention time in the biofilm particle is not due to a simple reversible adsorption-desorption process. The heterogeneity of the distribution oftracer beads on different sectors on the biofilm surface decreased duringthe attachment period. Due to random detachment processes the heterogeneity of the tracer bead distribution increased during the release periodThe tracer beads quickly penetrated into the biofilm and became distributed throughout the active layer of the biofilm. The observed penetration into biofilms, the nonuniform distribution on the biofilm surface, and the fast uptake and slow release of tracer beads cannot be described by a simple model based on a reversible adsorption-desorption mechanism, nor withexisting biofilm models. These biofilm models, which balance growth and advection assuming a uniform biofilm with a homogeneous surface, are inadequate for the description of the observed solids retention time in biofilms. Therefore, a new concept of biofilm dynamics is proposed, in which formation of cracks and fissures, which are rapidly filled with growing biomass, combined with nonuniform local detachment, explains the observed fast penetration into the biofilm of tracer beads, the long residence time, and the nonuniform distibution of fluorescent microparticles. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 11 Ill.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260440802
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    Formation and growth of heterotrophic aerobic biofilms on small suspended particles in airlift reactors (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 (1994), S. 595-608 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: biofilm ; aerobic waste water treatment ; airlift reactor ; waste water ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: In this article, the conditions for aerobic biofilm formation on suspended particles, the dynamics of biofilm formation, and the biomass production during the start-up of a Biofilm Airlift Suspension reactor (BAS reactor) have been studied. The dynamics of biofilm formation during start up in the biofilm airlift suspension reactor follows three consecutive stages: bare carrier, microcolonies or patchy biofilms on the carrier, and biofilms completely covering the carrier. The effect of hydraulic retention time and of substrate loading rate on the formation of biofilms were investigated. To obtain in a BAS reactor a high biomass concentration and predominantly continuous biofilms, which completely surround the carrier, the hydraulic retention time must be shorter than the inverse of the maximum growth rate of the suspended bacteria. At longer hydraulic retention times, a low amount of attached biomass can be present on the carrier material as patchy biofilms. During the start-up at short hydraulic retention times the bare carrier concentration decreases, the amount of biomass per biofilm particle remains constant, and biomass increase in the reactor is due to increasing numbers of biofilm particles. The substrate surface loading rate has effect only on the amount of biomass on the biofilm particle. A higher surface load leads to a thicker biofilm.A strong nonlinear increase of the concentration of attached biomass in time was observed. This can be explained by a decreased abrasion of the biofilm particles due to the decreasing concentration of bare carriers. The detachment rate per biofilm area during the start-up is independent of the substrate loading rate, but depends strongly upon the bare carrier concentration.The Pirt-maintenance concept is applicable to BAS reactors. Surplus biomass production is diminished at high biomass concentrations. The average maximal yield of biomass on substrate during the experiments presented in this article was 0.44 ± 0.08 C-mol/C-mol, the maintenance value 0.019 ± 0.012 C-mol/(C-mol h). The lowest actual biomass yield measured in this study was 0.15 C-mol/C-mol. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 11 Ill.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260440506
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    Stoichiometric model of the aerobic metabolism of the biological phosphorus removal process (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 (1994), S. 837-848 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: phosphorus removal ; metabolic models ; stoichiometry ; polyphosphate ; poly-β-hydroxybutyrate ; glycogen ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: In the aerobic phase of the biological phosphorus removal process, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate, produced during anaerobic conditions, is used for cell growth, phosphate uptake, and glycogen formation. A metabolic model of this process has been developed. The yields for growth, polyphosphate and glycogen formation are quantified using the coupling of all these conversions to the oxygen consumption. The uptake of phosphate and storage as polyphosphate is shown to have a direct effect on the observed oxygen consumption in the aerobic phase. The overall energy requirements for the P-metabolism are substantial: 25% of the acetate consumed during anaerobic conditions and 60% of the oxygen consumptions is used for the synthesis of polyphosphate and glycogen. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 12 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260440709
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    A black box mathematical model to calculate auto- and heterotrophic biomass yields based on Gibbs energy dissipation (1992)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 40 (1992), S. 1139-1154 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: auto- and heterotrophic growth ; biomass yield ; Gibbs energy disipation ; heat production ; thermodynamic efficiency ; second law of thermodynamics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: On the basis of the estimated Gibbs energy dissipation per C-mil biomass produced and a convenient black box description of microbial growth, a general equation for the calculation of the yield of biomass on electron donor has been obtained. This black box model defines four formal electron donating reactions for biomass, carbon source, electron donor, and electron acceptor. The proposed description leads to a simple equation which gives the biomass yield on electron donor for chemotrophic growth systems under carbon and energy limitation for which biomass is the only anabolic product. The variables involved are the degrees of reduction and the Gibbs energy characteristics of the four compounds, and the required Gibbs energy dissipation per C-mol produced of biomass. It appears that biomass yields on electron donor for auto- and heterotrophic growth under aerobic, denitrifying, and fermentative conditions can be estimated with 10-15% error in a range of YDX-values of 0.01-0.80 C-mol/(C)-mol electron donor. Also, simple regularities in the Gibbs energy and enthalpy of organic substrates are found. Furthermore, simple relations are derived to calculate the thermodynamic maximal biomass yield, conditions required for growth to occur, heat production, biomass yield on electron acceptor, and anaerobic product yield. Finally a new definition of thermodynamic efficiency is derived. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260401003
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    Model of the anaerobic metabolism of the biological phosphorus removal process: Stoichiometry and pH influence (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 43 (1994), S. 461-470 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: phosphorus removal ; metabolic model ; stoichiometry ; kinetics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: In the anaerobic phase of a biological phosphorus removal process, acetate is taken up and converted to PHB utilizing both energy generated in the degradation of polyphosphate to phosphate, which is released, and energy generated in the conversion of glycogen to poly-β-hydroxy butyrate (PHB). The phosphate/acetate ratio cannot be considered a metabolic constant, because the energy requirement for the uptake of acetate is strongly influenced by the pH value. The observed phosphate/acetate ratio shows a variation of 0.25 to 0.75 P-mol/C-mol in a pH range of 5.5 to 8.5. It is shown that stored glycogen takes part in the metabolism to provide reduction equivalents and energy for the conversion of acetate to PHB. A structured metabolic model, based on glycogen as the source of the reduction equivalents in the anaerobic phase and the effect of the pH on the energy requirement of the uptake of acetate, is developed. The model explains the experimental results satisfactorily. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 11 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260430605
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    Heterogeneity of biofilms in rotating annular reactors: Occurrence, structure, and consequences (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 (1994), S. 194-204 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: biofilm ; biofilm reactors ; structure ; heterogeneity ; kinetics ; modeling ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: A rotating annular reactor (Roto Torque) was used for qualitative and quantitative studied on biofilm heterogeneity. In contrast to the classic image of biofilms as smooth, homogeneous layers of biomass on a substratum, studies using various pure and mixed cultures consistently revealed more-dimensional structures that resembled dunes and ridges, among others. These heterogeneities were categorized and their underlying causes analyzed. Contrary to expectations, motility of the microorganisms not a decisive factor in determining biofilm homogeneity. Small Variations in substratum geometry homogeneity. Small variations in substratum geometry and flow patterns were clearly reflected in the biofilm pattern. Nonhomogeneous flow and shear patterns in the reactor, together with inadequate mixing resulted in significant, position-dependent differences in surface growth. It was therefore not possible to take representative samples of the attached biomass. Like many other types of reactors, the Roto Torque reactor is valuable for qualitative and morphological biofilm experiments but less suitable for quantitative physiological and kinetics studies using attached microorganisms. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 12 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260440208
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