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1984-W_Brunner-D__Focht-Deterministic Three-Half-Order Kinetic Model for Microbial Degradation

Author(s): Walter Brunner

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Keywords: kinetics nonlinear regression sum of square errors Monodlinearize mineralization substrates carbonaceous

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Resource Image The kinetics of mineralization of carbonaceous substrates has been explained by a deterministic model which is applicable to either growth or nongrowth conditions in soil.

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1984. Brunner, Walter and Dennis Focht. Deterministic Three-Half-Order Kinetic Model for Microbial Degradation of Added Carbon Substrates in Soil. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 47(1): 167-172.

See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16346454/ . Accessed 19 March 2023.

Abstract: The kinetics of mineralization of carbonaceous substrates has been explained by a deterministic model which is applicable to either growth or nongrowth conditions in soil. The mixed-order nature of the model does not require a priori decisions about reaction order, discontinuity period of lag or stationary phase, or correction for endogenous mineralization rates. The integrated equation is simpler than the integrated form of the Monod equation because of the following: (i) only two, rather than four, interdependent constants have to be determined by nonlinear regression analysis, (ii) substrate or product formation can be expressed explicitly as a function of time, (iii) biomass concentration does not have to be known, and (iv) the required initial estimate for the nonlinear regression analysis can be easily obtained from a linearized form rather than from an interval estimate of a differential equation. 14CO2 evolution data from soil have been fitted to the model equation. All data except those from irradiated soil gave better fits by residual sum of squares (RSS) by assuming growth in soil was linear (RSS = 0.71) as opposed to exponential (RSS = 2.87). The underlying reasons for growth (exponential versus linear), no growth, and relative degradation rates of substrates are consistent with the basic mechanisms from which the model is derived.

Keywords: Monod, linearize, sum of square errors, mineralization, kinetics, substrates, carbonaceous,l nonlinear regression

 

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Author(s): Walter Brunner

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