A KINETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE DEGRADATION OF GLUCOSE BY SOIL-MICROORGANISMS STUDIED BY MICROCALORIMETRY

Authors
NUNEZ L BARROS N BARJA I
Citation
L. Nunez et al., A KINETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE DEGRADATION OF GLUCOSE BY SOIL-MICROORGANISMS STUDIED BY MICROCALORIMETRY, Thermochimica acta, 237(1), 1994, pp. 73-81
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Thermochimica acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406031
Volume
237
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
73 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6031(1994)237:1<73:AKOTDO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Microcalorimetry was used to study the microbial degradation of glucos e in soil. Relationships between heat evolution and the viable cell co unts permit the quantification of kinetic parameters for microbial gro wth in soil, such as Monod's substrate constant, K(s) = 1.62 +/- 0.08 mM, and the maximum microbial growth rate constant, mu(max) = 0.26 +/- 0.01 h-1.