Nitrite conversion by immobilized Nitrobacter agilis cells in an air-lift loop bioreactor cascade: Effects of combined substrate and product inhibition

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 390-393

  Bakker, Wilfried A M ^a,b   Kers, Patrick ^a   Beeftink, Hendrik H ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   De Gooijer, Cornelis D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

immobilized cell growth; modeling; nitrification; Nitrobacter; product inhibition; reactor series; substrate inhibition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CELL GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI;

EID: 0029973673     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)85138-5     Document Type: Article

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