IN SEARCH OF A THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION OF BIOMASS YIELDS FOR THE CHEMOTROPIC GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS - RESPONSE

Authors
HEIJNEN JJ VANDIJKEN JP
Citation
Jj. Heijnen et Jp. Vandijken, IN SEARCH OF A THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION OF BIOMASS YIELDS FOR THE CHEMOTROPIC GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS - RESPONSE, Biotechnology and bioengineering, 42(9), 1993, pp. 1127-1130
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology and bioengineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063592
Volume
42
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1127 - 1130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3592(1993)42:9<1127:ISOATD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
It is shown that for the thermodynamic description of microbial growth there does not exist complete equivalency between the ''efficiency'' and ''Gibbs energy dissipation'' approach. The reasons for this absenc e of equivalency are discussed, and it is argued that the ''dissipatio n approach'' has much more favorable properties compared with the effi ciency approach. (C) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.