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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1971 February; 21(2): 253-256
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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

Bioenvironmental Engineering Laboratories, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074

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 = µ_m/k_s + s. The kinetic "constants" for heterogeneous populations growing on concentrated sewage were comparable to those found with glucose as substrate.