EFFECTS OF PHENOL DERIVATIVES ON BACTERIAL GROWTH

효소조중의 세균성장에 미치는 Phenol 유도분 영향 유도

Henri-Michaelis-Menten model for predicting the behavior of culture of Brevibacterium flavum under carbon limiting condition has been evaluated on a chemostat growing in the presence of the phenol derivatives: guaiacol, o-vanillin and vanillin. It is found that Henri-Michaelis-Menten model could be applicable to the evaluation of the growth rate of cells in the phenol derivatives. The marked enhancing abilities of the cells treated by the phenol derivatives during fermentation were ascribed to the formation of charge-transfer complex between the phenol-derivatives and oxygen which supplies oxygen effectively to the fermentation system.