Numerical modeling and uncertainties in rate coefficients for methane utilization and TCE cometabolism by a methane-oxidizing mixed culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 320-331

  Smith, Laurence H ^a   Kitanidis, Peter K ^b   McCarthy, Perry L ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

cometabolism; methanotroph; numerical modeling; statistics; trichloroethylene; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; METHANE; OXIDATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMETABOLISM; METHANE OXIDIZING MIXED CULTURE; METHANE UTILIZATION; METHANOTROPH; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCERTAINTIES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031553663     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970205)53:3<320::AID-BIT11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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