Mathematical model of cell growth and phosphatase biosynthesis inSaccharomyces carlsbergensis under phosphate limitation

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Abstract
The rate kinetics of growth and acid phosphatase formation in the batch culture of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis LAM 1068 was studied under varying degrees of phosphate limitation. The mathematical model that was developed is concerned with the time lag for exponential growth, the biphasic growth on a substrate (glucose) and its product (ethanol), sustained growth on conservative phosphate, and the derepression of acid phosphatase. The numerical calculations using appropriate parametric constants successfully described the variation in the cell mass, glucose, ethanol, and inorganic phosphate concentrations, and the enzyme activity of acid phosphatase during aerobic growth of S. carlsbergensis under five different conditions of phosphate starvation. A simulation study revealed that the optimum initial phosphate concentration in the medium giving a high productivity of acid phosphate was 2.0 mg phosphorus/g glucose liter.

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