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In this paper a general cybernetic model has been developed to describe the
growth of baker's yeast in every type of reactor (batch, fed-batch, contin
uous). The model, which takes into account also the mass transfer oxygen li
mitation, has been tested on literature continuous runs performed at differ
ent aerating gas composition. The results obtained show that the model can
describe the growth of S. cerevisiae also under conditions of inefficient a
eration, so it should be useful to optimise and modeling industrial bioreac
tors. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.