The role of hydrogen mass transfer for the growth kinetics of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum in batch and chemostat cultures |
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Authors: | G Jud K Schneider R Bachofen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Plant Biology, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland, CH |
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Abstract: | Hydrogen concentration was determined in batch and chemostat cultures of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, both in the headspace and in the medium using mass spectrometry. The calculated dissolved hydrogen concentration in the medium as derived from the headspace hydrogen concentration when equilibrium conditions between gas and liquid phase were assumed, was ten times higher than the experimentally determined hydrogen concentration. Variation of the partial pressure of hydrogen resulted in different values for substrate affinity for hydrogen (Ks) and yield (Y) of the cells. Upon hydrogen limitation, Ks decreased while the yield coefficient for hydrogen increased, indicating a change in the affinity of the cells towards hydrogen. Received 15 November 1996/ Accepted in revised form 21 July 1997 |
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Keywords: | : dissolved hydrogen gas-to-liquid mass transfer growth yield substrate affinity constant Fe2+ limitation Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum |
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