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. 1971 Feb;21(2):253–256. doi: 10.1128/am.21.2.253-256.1971

Kinetic Constants for Aerobic Growth of Microbial Populations Selected with Various Single Compounds and with Municipal Wastes as Substrates

K M Peil 1, A F Gaudy Jr 1
PMCID: PMC377157  PMID: 5549702

Abstract

The general applicability of the Monod relationship between the logarithmic growth rate constant and substrate concentration was studied for heterogeneous populations metabolizing a variety of substrates including concentrated municipal sewage. It was found that growth could be described by the Monod equation, μ = μm/ks + s. The kinetic “constants” for heterogeneous populations growing on concentrated sewage were comparable to those found with glucose as substrate.

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