{"title":"The application of linear irreversible thermodynamics to biological growth","authors":"F. Baumann","doi":"10.1002/ABIO.370110102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We measured the rate of cell biomass growth, the consumption of organic substrate, and the heat developed during growth. The relationship between thermodynamic efficiency and the rate of microbial growth was considered.","PeriodicalId":7037,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biotechnologica","volume":"110 1","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Biotechnologica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ABIO.370110102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We measured the rate of cell biomass growth, the consumption of organic substrate, and the heat developed during growth. The relationship between thermodynamic efficiency and the rate of microbial growth was considered.