title: Modelling continuous culture of Rhodospirillum rubrum in photobioreactor under light limited conditions.
abstract: Rhodospirillum rubrum was grown continuously and photoheterotrophically under light limitation using a cylindrical photobioreactor in which the steady state biomass concentration was varied between 0.4 to 4 kg m(-3) at a constant radiant incident flux of 100 W m(-2). Kinetic and stoichiometric models for the growth are proposed. The biomass productivities, acetate consumption rate and the CO2 production rate can be quantitatively predicted to a high level of accuracy by the proposed model calculations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Biochimique, Université Blaise Pascal, CUST, 24 avenue des Landais, BP 206, F-63174 Aubiere Cedex, France. lidia.favier@gecbio.univ-bpclermont.fr
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Favier-Teodorescu
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cornet
authors.forename: Claude Gilles
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Dussap
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D012247:Rhodospirillum rubrum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide