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Influence of microbial growth kinetics on steady state multiplicity and stability of a two-step nitrification

Eveline I P Volcke1, Mihaela Sbarciog, Mia Loccufier

  • 1BIOMATH, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. eveline.volcke@biomath.ugent.be

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|April 28, 2007
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