TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion-controlled autocatalytic reaction
T2 - A possible driving force for microbial flocculation
AU - Tsao, Heng Kwong
AU - Hsu, Jyh Ping
PY - 1990/3/1
Y1 - 1990/3/1
N2 - Assuming that intercellular messages are a requisite to microbial flocculation, we show that, on the basis of the effectiveness factor, the diffusional resistance in a biofloc can be advantageous to an autocatalytic reaction. In other words, the metabolic efficiency of flocculated microbes can be higher than that of the dispersed microbes. Therefore microbes tend to flocculate in certain circumstances.
AB - Assuming that intercellular messages are a requisite to microbial flocculation, we show that, on the basis of the effectiveness factor, the diffusional resistance in a biofloc can be advantageous to an autocatalytic reaction. In other words, the metabolic efficiency of flocculated microbes can be higher than that of the dispersed microbes. Therefore microbes tend to flocculate in certain circumstances.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9797(90)90305-8
DO - 10.1016/0021-9797(90)90305-8
M3 - 期刊論文
AN - SCOPUS:0025401832
SN - 0021-9797
VL - 135
SP - 246
EP - 251
JO - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
JF - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
IS - 1
ER -