Modeling pH effects on microbial growth: A statistical thermodynamic approach

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 724-731

  Tan, Yunhu ^a   Wang, Zhi Xin ^b   Marshall, Kevin C ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ionizable groups; Microbial growth; PH; Statistical thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

MICROBIAL GROWTH;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SHERMANII; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; CELL DIVISION; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032552488     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<724::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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