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Table 3 Intracellular concentrations of substance involved in catabolic reactions

From: Modeling ethanol production through gas fermentation: a biothermodynamics and mass transfer-based hybrid model for microbial growth in a large-scale bubble column bioreactor

Substance

Concentration, mol L−1

Fixed values

 H+ ions

1.0 × 10−7 [64]

 NH4+ ions

1.0 × 10−1 [79]a

 Ethanol

9.8 × 10−1

Ranges of valuesb

 CO

1 × 10−8–1 × 10−3

 H2

1 × 10−8–1 × 10−3

 CO2

1 × 10−6–1 × 10−1

  1. aDefined from a 0.1 M ionic strength
  2. bRanges of dissolved gas concentrations were defined based on the corresponding range of partial pressures between 1 × 10−5 to 1 atm
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

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