Thermodynamic electron equivalents model for bacterial yield prediction: Modifications and comparative evaluations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-388

  McCarty, Perry L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic; Bacterial yields; C1 compounds; Heterotrophic; Oxygenase; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME KINETICS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GROWTH KINETICS; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; AUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; C1 COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC ELECTRON EQUIVALENTS MODEL;

BACTERIA;

OXYGENASE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249809703     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21250     Document Type: Article

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