Abstract
A mixed culture of sulfate-reducing bacteria containing the species Desulfovibrio desulfuricans was used to study sulfate-reduction stoichiometry and kinetics using ethanol as the carbon source. Growth yield was lower, and kinetics were slower, for ethanol compared to lactate. Ethanol was converted into acetate and no significant carbon dioxide production was observed. A mathematical model for growth of sulfate-reducing bacteria on ethanol was developed, and simulations of the growth experiments on ethanol were carried out using the model. The pH variation due to sulfate reduction, and hydrogen sulfide production and removal by nitrogen sparging, were examined. The modeling study is distinct from earlier models for systems using sulfate-reducing bacteria in that it considers growth on ethanol, and analyzes pH variations due to the product-formation reactions.
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