EFFECT OF HYDROGEN AND CARBON-DIOXIDE PARTIAL PRESSURES ON GROWTH AND SULFIDE PRODUCTION OF THE EXTREMELY THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEBACTERIUM PYRODICTIUM-BROCKII

被引:11
作者
PARAMESWARAN, AK [1 ]
SCHICHO, RN [1 ]
SOISSON, JP [1 ]
KELLY, RM [1 ]
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT CHEM ENGN,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
关键词
Bacteriology - Biochemistry--Metabolism - Bioreactors - Gases--Pressure Measurement - Methanogens;
D O I
10.1002/bit.260320405
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The effect of hydrogen and carbon dioxide partial pressure on the growth of the extremely thermophilic archaebacterium Pyrodictium brockii at 98°C was investigated. The effect of hydrogen partial pressure on cell yield and growth rates was less dramatic when compared to the effect on sulfide production, which was not found to be growth-associated. Carbon dioxide affected growth but only at very low partial pressures. The relationship between growth rate and substrate concentration could be correlated with a Monod-type expression for either carbon dioxide or hydrogen as the limiting substrate.
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页数:6
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