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. 1979 Oct;38(4):758–760. doi: 10.1128/aem.38.4.758-760.1979

Calculation of Km and Vmax from Substrate Concentration Versus Time Plot

G H M Counotte 1, R A Prins 1
PMCID: PMC243575  PMID: 16345452

Abstract

A simple method for the calculation of kinetic parameters (Km, Vmax) under conditions of changing substrate concentrations is presented. An application of the method to detect shifts in groups involved in the utilization of a substrate in a mixed microbial culture is given.

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