Modelling hexadecane uptake strategies of a rhizospheric bacterial consortium under different hydrodynamic draft-tube airlift reactor conditions

Abstract In this study, an analysis of the hydrodynamic effects on the hexadecane (HXD) uptake strategies of a bacterial consortium in an airlift bioreactor was performed using mathematical modelling. The model was developed by considering the capacity of the consortium to consume HXD either directly, through direct interfacial contact (DC) or through uptake of emulsified forms (EF). The model was fitted to experimental data (0.822