Fermentation kinetics including product and substrate inhibitions plus biomass death: a mathematical analysis.
We propose an analytical solution of the kinetic equations describing fermentations. Equations are solved in phase space, i.e. the biomass concentration is written explicitly as a function of the substrate concentration. These results hold even when cell death and an arbitrary number of substrate/product inhibitions are accounted for. Moreover, constant yield needs not be assumed.
Bouville
Mathieu
M
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, 117602, Singapore. m-bouville@imre.a-star.edu.sg
D018533:Biomass; D016923:Cell Death; D005285:Fermentation; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013379:Substrate Specificity