title: Influence of hydrodynamics on the growth kinetics of glass-adhering Pseudomonas putida cells through a parallel plate flow chamber.
abstract: The objective of this work was to investigate the influence of hydrodynamics on the growth kinetics of surface-adhering Pseudomonas putida cells. The results showed in particular that under non substrate-limiting conditions, the early step of bacterial apparent growth rate is lower than those measured with suspended cells. Contrary to previously cited authors which explain this behavior to the different adhesive properties of the "daughter"-cells (which makes more probable the detachment of these daughter-cells), in our experimental conditions, that explanation does not hold and we show a clear dependence of growth kinetics with flow conditions, due to the formation of boundary layer concentration at low Reynolds number. These results revealed that using Monod law in the modeling of biofilm growth in fixed-biomass processes should be performed with care.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, UMR 5519 CNRS, Grenoble INP, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France ; Laboratoire Rhéologie et Procédés, UMR 5520 CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, BP 53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, UMR 5519 CNRS, Grenoble INP, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Séchet
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Rhéologie et Procédés, UMR 5520 CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, BP 53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pignon
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement, UMR 5519 CNRS-INSU, Grenoble INP, IRD, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, BP53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: J M F
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martins