Growth Kinetics, Bacterial

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 180-193

  Egli, T ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

batch cultivation; binary fission; chemostat cultivation; competition; evolution; exponential growth; growth; kinetics; mixed substrate growth; Monod model; restriction of growth; selection; specific growth rate ; substrate affinity K s

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069155710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00260-1     Document Type: Chapter

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