Microorganism growth and reproduction have been traditionally modeled independently of the direct effect of the metabolic process. The latter caused inconsistencies between the modeling results and experimental data. A major inconsistency was linked to the experimentally observed lag phase in the growth process. Attempts to associate the lag phase to delay processes have been recently proven incorrect. The only other alternative is the existence of unstable stationary states resulting from the explicit inclusion of the metabolic mass transfer process via the resource consumption and utilization. The proposed theory that accounts for the latter is presented, analyzed, and compared with experimental data both qualitatively as well as quantitatively.
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Metabolic Mass Transfer in Monotonic Growth of Microorganisms
Peter Vadasz,
Peter Vadasz
Professor
Fellow ASME
College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences,
e-mail: peter.vadasz@nau.edu
Northern Arizona University
, P.O. Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5600; and Faculty of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal
, Durban 4041, South Africa
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Alisa S. Vadasz
Alisa S. Vadasz
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences,
Northern Arizona University
, P.O. Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5600; and Faculty of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal
, Durban 4041, South Africa
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Peter Vadasz
Professor
Fellow ASME
College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences,
Northern Arizona University
, P.O. Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5600; and Faculty of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal
, Durban 4041, South Africae-mail: peter.vadasz@nau.edu
Alisa S. Vadasz
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences,
Northern Arizona University
, P.O. Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5600; and Faculty of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal
, Durban 4041, South AfricaJ. Heat Transfer. Jan 2011, 133(1): 011008 (9 pages)
Published Online: September 30, 2010
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Received:
November 11, 2009
Revised:
August 10, 2010
Online:
September 30, 2010
Published:
September 30, 2010
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Vadasz, P., and Vadasz, A. S. (September 30, 2010). "Metabolic Mass Transfer in Monotonic Growth of Microorganisms." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. January 2011; 133(1): 011008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002416
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