Effects of various alcoholic supplements on the growth rate of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 |
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Authors: | Anne Izard Gérard Goma Philippe Soucaille |
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Institution: | (1) Départment de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, Institut National des Sciences, Appliquées, UA-CNRS-544, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cédex, France |
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Abstract: | Summary The inhibitory effect of various alkanols, benzyl alcohol and phenethyl alcohol on the growth rate of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 was investigated. Inhibition of cell growth was studied by treating cultures with varied concentrations of alcohols. There was a threshold concentration above which growth inhibition occurred. The degree of inhibition was a linear function of the alcohol concentration used. The natural logarithm of the inhibition constant was shown to be: (1) a linear function of the chain length of the alkanols, (2) a linear function of the natural logarithm of the octanol/water partition coefficient for both aliphatic and cyclic alcohols. |
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