Growth Kinetics of Mixed Cultures under Chlorate-Reducing Conditions
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 124, Issue 10
Abstract
Although chlorate () is not a naturally occurring compound, chlorate can serve as an electron acceptor for a number of microorganisms. To investigate the rate that chlorate-reducing microbes can grow on different substrates, growth rate constants were determined in chemostat studies under chlorate-reducing conditions. Maximum growth rates using acetate, glucose-glutamic acid, and phenol were 0.56, 0.12, and 0.040 h−1, with cell yields of 0.12, 0.41, and 0.12 g-cell/g-substrate, respectively.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 124 • Issue 10 • October 1998
Pages: 1008 - 1011
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Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Oct 1, 1998
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