Main Title |
Kinetics of Mixed Microbial Assemblages Enhance Removal of Highly Dilute Organic Substrates (Journal Version). |
Author |
Lewis, D. L. ;
Hodson, R. E. ;
Hwang, H. M. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Athens, GA. ;Georgia Univ., Athens. |
Publisher |
c1988 |
Year Published |
1988 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-88/210; |
Stock Number |
PB89-134688 |
Additional Subjects |
Water pollution ;
Aquatic microbiology ;
Biodeterioration ;
Reaction kinetics ;
Organic compounds ;
Mathematical models ;
Phenols ;
Glucose ;
Alcohols ;
Acetone ;
Chlorine organic compounds ;
Fresh water ;
Salt water ;
Reprints ;
Acetic acid/dichlorophenoxy-(methyl ester)
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB89-134688 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
6p |
Abstract |
Experiments with selected organic substrates reveal that the rate-limiting process governing microbial degradation rates changes with substrate concentration, S, in such a manner that substrate removal is enhanced at lower values of S. This enhancement is the result of the dominance of very efficient systems for substrate removal at low substrate concentrations. The variability of dominant kinetic parameters over a range of S causes the kinetics of complex assemblages to be profoundly dissimilar to those of systems processing a single set of kinetic parameters; the findings necessitate taking a new approach to predicting substrate removal rates over wide ranges of S. (Copyright (c) 1988, American Society for Microbiology.) |