Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques

Ralf Portner

Publications

• Research Article
  Experimental Investigation and Reaction Kinetics Modeling of Biomass Formation, Substrate Consumption and Product Formation During Startup of Fixed-Bed Cultures with Immobilized Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis
  Author(s): Rebecca Faschian, Steven Minden and Ralf PortnerRebecca Faschian, Steven Minden and Ralf Portner
  
  Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) like Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis are used in food industry as well as for production of bacteriocins and optically pure lactic acid. Fixed-bed processes are highly productive but mathematical description is often complex. The aim of this work was to establish a mathematica model for process design. Biomass formation, lactose consumption and lactate production during start-up of fixed-bed cultures with immobilized L. lactis was investigated experimentally and described by a reaction kinetics model. Appropriate modeling and simulation of fixed-bed processes require biomass data. Therefore, a low-volume multiple fixed-bed reactor system (Multiferm) was used to investigate biomass formation of a L. lactis strain during the start-up phase of fixed-bed cultivation. The generation of data in parallel experiments was fast and easily compared to .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9821.1000294

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