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Diffusion-Kinetic Rate of Substrate Consumption in a Biofilm

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The diffusion-kinetic rate of substrate consumption by microorganisms in a biofilm is analyzed. Specific features of modes following from the Michaelis-Menten kinetic scheme are demonstrated with allowance for the dependence of the biomass concentration on the substrate concentration field.

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Translated from Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2005, pp. 607–612.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dueck.

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Dueck, J. Diffusion-Kinetic Rate of Substrate Consumption in a Biofilm. Theor Found Chem Eng 39, 573–578 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11236-005-0119-z

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