Elemental Composition of Biomass and its Relation to Energy Content, Growth Efficiency, and Growth Yield

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 275 - 290
• Main Authors: MCDERMITT, D. K., LOOMIS, R. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.09.1981; Academic Press Inc
• Subjects: Bioenergy; Biomass; Biomass energy production; Biomass production; Carbon; Chemical composition; elemental analysis; energy content; Energy efficiency; glucose equivalent; growth efficiency; Heat of combustion; Lipids; Oxidation; yield

Biomass synthesis from primary substrate is a principal feature of growth. A short-cut method for the determination of growth yields and efficiency is presented. Elemental analyses of the products (individually or collectively) permit one to calculate directly and simply the amount of substrate carb...