Before revision: The empirical Monod equation is: where: μ is the growth rate of a considered microorganism μmax is the maximum growth rate of this microorganism [S] is the concentration of the limiting substrate S for growth Ks is the "half-velocity constant"—the value of [S] when μ/μmax = 0.5 μmax and Ks are empirical coefficients to the Monod equation.
After revision: (experimental)The empirical Monod equation is: where: μ is the growth rate of a considered microorganism μmax is the maximum growth rate of this microorganism [S] is the concentration of the limiting substrate S for growth Ks is the "half-velocity constant"—the value of [S] when μ/μmax = 0.5 μmax and Ks are empirical coefficients to the Monod equation.