[Growth of Seliberia carboxydohydrogena carboxy bacteria with an altered composition of the gas mixture]

Mikrobiologiia. 1983 Jul-Aug;52(4):533-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The growth and gas exchange of Seliberia carboxydohydrogena Z-1062 were studied in the regime of turbidostat when the conditions of gaseous nutrition were changed: a decrease in hydrogen concentration and an increase in carbon monoxide concentration, growth on two carbon sources (CO+CO2) and on two energy sources (H2+CO). The inhibition of the bacterial growth by CO was expressed in a decrease of the specific growth rate and in the reduced effectiveness of using a gaseous substrate. When the concentration of carbon monoxide was elevated from 0 to 40% and that of hydrogen was reduced from 80 to 40%, the specific growth rate of the cells was decreased from 0.4 to 0.04 h-1; here, the economic coefficient in terms of hydrogen fell from 3.6 to 0.62 g/g. The CO-oxidizing system of the bacterium was shown to be resistant. The rate of CO oxidation by the culture was from 0.6 to 0.8 L/h per 1 g of the synthesized biomass at the following concentration of gases in the medium (%); H2, 80-40; CO2, 5; O2, 15; CO, 10-40. The rate of CO oxidation by the culture rose when hydrogen concentration was decreased and CO concentration was increased.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / growth & development*
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
  • Carbon Monoxide / metabolism
  • Culture Media / metabolism
  • Gases / metabolism*
  • Industrial Waste
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Gases
  • Industrial Waste
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Monoxide