Immobilized cell biocatalyst activation and pseudo-steady-state behavior: model and experiment.
An intrinsic, unstructured model has been utilized to describethe startup dynamics of a continuous Caalginate-immobilized Zymomonas mobilis (ATCC 10988) fermentation. This model predicts, at least qualitatively, transients in the fermenter effluent glucose, ethanol, and biomass concentrations as well as radial gradients in immobilized-cell concentration and activity within the gelbiocatalysts. Predicted intrabiocatalyst gradients in immobilized-cell specific growth rate were used to calculate the corresponding gradients in intracellular RNA level based on a reported linear relationship between the two. Mathematical simulations of immobilized biomass concentration profiles and RNA content were verified using a novel, scanning microfluorimetry technique.
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Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7905, USA.
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