title: Growth kinetics of a yeast grown on glucose or hexadecane.
abstract: The kinetics of growth of a Torulopsis sp. was investigated in a continuous culture with glucose or hexadecane as the carbon source; growth was limited by either carbon or nitrogen. The relationship between the concentration of the limited substrate and the steady-state growth rate of the organism was examined and tested against various models of growth. No existing model was found to describe the growth accurately and a new model has been proposed: (see article). It is postulated that this behavior would result from a simple first order reaction between the reactants of the rate-limiting enzymic reaction of the organism's metabolism.
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002175:Candida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D005285:Fermentation; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008829:Microbiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D008954:Models, Biological; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D003470:Culture Media; C007932:n-hexadecane; D005947:Glucose; D009584:Nitrogen