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A graphical method for the determination of critical biomass concentration for non-oxygen-limited growth

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A graphical method is described depicting the relationship between the physical oxygen transfer rate and microbial oxygen uptake rate in order to help determine the conditions under which growth will not be limited by oxygen.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, U.M.I.S.T., Sackville Street, P. O. Box 88, Manchester, England

    F. Mavituna & C. G. Sinclair

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  1. F. Mavituna
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Mavituna, F., Sinclair, C.G. A graphical method for the determination of critical biomass concentration for non-oxygen-limited growth. Biotechnol Lett 7, 69–74 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01026671

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