title: A study of growth kinetics of the flocs from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
abstract: Inducing yeast cells to self-flocculate could be considered a cell immobilization method. The growth kinetics of the flocs from Schizosaccharomyces pombe was studied in an experimental suspended-bed bioreactor with starch hydrolysate obtained by two-stage enzymatic hydrolysis. It was discovered that a limited oxygen supply was necessary during continuous ethanol fermentation with yeast flocs. The oxygen supplied was a kind of limited substrate effecting on the floc growth. Further, a kinetic model describing this floc growth was proposed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D005427:Flocculation; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D010100:Oxygen