Inhibition Kinetics of Phenol Degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Continuous Culture and Washout Data |
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Authors: | S. E. Agarry B. O. Solomon |
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Affiliation: | a Biochemical Engineering Research Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeriab Biochemical Engineering Research Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Nigeria |
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Abstract: | Steady states of a continuous culture with an inhibitory substrate were used to estimate kinetic parameters under substrate limitation (chemostat operation). Pure cultures of an indigenous Pseudomonas aeruginosa were grown in continuous culture on phenol, the sole source of carbon and energy, at dilution rates of 0.010 to 0.20 h- 1. Using different dilution rates, several steady states were investigated and the specific phenol consumption rates were calculated. In addition, phenol degradation was investigated by increasing the dilution rate above the critical dilution rate (washout cultivation). The results showed that the specific phenol consumption rate increased with increased dilution rate at steady state and that the degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be described by simple substrate inhibition kinetics under substrate limitation but cannot be described by simple substrate inhibition kinetics under washout cultivation. Fitting of the steady-state data from continuous cultivation to various inhibition models resulted in the best fit for the Yano and Koga kinetic inhibition model. The rs max value of 0.278 mg/mg/h obtained from the Yano and Koga equation was comparable to the experimentally calculated rs max value of 0.283 mg/mg/h obtained under washout cultivation. |
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Keywords: | bioreactor continuous cultivation kinetic parameters primary culture Pseudomonas aeruginosa secondary culture steady state substrate inhibition washout cultivation |
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