Multiple nutrient limitation in unicellulars: Reconstructing Liebig's law

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Van Den Berg, Hugo Antonius ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; POLYMER;

LIEBIG'S LAW; MICROORGANISM; MODELLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0031750120     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)10019-0     Document Type: Article

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