Precision Modelling of Co-metabolic Biodegradation of Recalcitrant Aromatic Hydrocarbons in conjunction with experimental data

Abstract The co-metabolic biodegradation of p-xylene (as a non-growth substrate model) by Pseudomonas putida (well-known aromatic compounds degrading microorganism) in the presence of Benzene (B), Toluene (T), and Ethylbenzene (E) was studied. Michaelis-Menten/Monod kinetics coupled with co-metabolic degradation expression can be applied for systems containing one growth and one non-growth substrate; thus, the GMDH Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) was proposed in this study to predict the co-metabolic transformation of non-growth substrates in the presence of more than one growth substrate. Thus, the GMDH Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) was proposed for the first time to quantify p-xylene degradation (with