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Oxygen uptake of microorganisms entrapped in Ca-alginate

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The oxygen uptake rates of Pseudomonas putida, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus niger, immobilized in Ca-alginate gel, were determined in comparison with the respiration of free cells. The specific oxygen uptake rate of immobilized microorganisms decreased with increasing cell content of the gel beads and increasing alginate concentration.

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Abbreviations

ATCC :

American Type Culture Collection

DFA :

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie

DSM :

Deutsche Stammsammlung von Mikroorganismen

DW :

dry weight

rpm :

rounds per minute

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  1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, D-4400, Münster, Federal Republic of Germany

    Brigitte Gosmann & Hans Jürgen Rehm

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Gosmann, B., Rehm, H.J. Oxygen uptake of microorganisms entrapped in Ca-alginate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 163–167 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261907

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