DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL PROPAGATION MODELS CONSIDERING ENDOGENOUS METABOLISM

Abstract

The two models presented in this work display significantly different characteristics from the models based on the formation of inhibitors, both in batch and continuous cultures (1, 11). This provides for a number of systematic experiments to be performed (in batch and continuous cultures) to evaluate the relative merits of the two assumptions for the explanation of the growth curve, viz., the assumption of endogenous metabolism and that based on growth inhibitors.