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A novel kinetic method for the evaluation of biomass supports of surface area inestimable directly, using a uranium-accumulatingCitrobacter sp. immobilized within a plug flow reactor

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A novel kinetic technique is employed to calculate the active biofilm surface area of biomass supports, inestimable directly, utilizing the phosphatase activity of a uranium-accumulating biofilm-immobilizedCitrobacter sp. within a plug flow reactor. Two calculation methods evaluate support suitability in situ and will provide a ‘handle’ to calculate enzyme activity in the immobilized cells.

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  1. Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, U.K.

    Ruth M. Empson & Lynne E. Macaskie

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Empson, R.M., Macaskie, L.E. A novel kinetic method for the evaluation of biomass supports of surface area inestimable directly, using a uranium-accumulatingCitrobacter sp. immobilized within a plug flow reactor. Biotechnol Tech 2, 265–270 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875540

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