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Maintenance energy model for microbial
degradation of toxic chemicals in soil
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Thomas F. Hess, Steven K. Schmidt,
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| A new kinetic model incorporating maintenance energy requirements is developed for use in the description of microbial degradation of toxic chemicals in soil. This model better describes extended, long-term CO2 respiration data that typically occurs when substrate concentrations are low. The model is tested with data from the respiration of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) to CO2 and is shown to statistically fit better than an associated model without maintenance considerations. | |||||||||||
Soil Biology and Biochemistry (1996)
Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 907-915
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