An attempt to justify Monod's bacterial growth model is presented. The justification is based on a mechanistic approach to growth which leads to a differential equation with delay and then to Monod's model. An unexpected increase of parameter Ks with μm is predicted by the theory. A survey of literature shows that this effect is present in a large majority of published data.
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LOBRY, J., FLANDROIS, J., CARRET, G., & PAVE, A. (1992). Monod’s bacterial growth model revisited. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 54(1), 117–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8240(05)80179-x
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