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The estimation of growth yield and maintenance parameters for photoautotrophic growth
Author(s) -
Lee H. Y.,
Erickson L. E.,
Yang S. S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260260817
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , estimation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , agronomy , economics , thermodynamics , physics , management
Abstract Methods are presented for examining the consistency of experimental data for microbial growth where light energy is converted to chemical energy through photosynthesis. True growth yield and maintenance parameters are estimated for several sets of available experimental data. Methods of parameter estimation are presented which allow all of the measured variables to be used simultaneously for parameter estimation. The results show that a wide range of values have been found for the true growth yield and maintenance parameters. Values of the true growth yield range from 0.04 to values above those predicted by the Z‐scheme model for photosynthesis.