creators_name: Patnaik, P R
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title: Fractal characterisation of the effect of noise on biological oscillations: The biosynthesis of ethanol
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abstract: Biological reactions which interact with their environment are subject to the influx of noise. Noise introduces randomness and imparts fractal character to the deterministic behavior. A methodology is proposed to compute the fractal dimensions of such reactions. It is applied to the continuous culture of Zymomonas mobilis to produce ethanol. Results show that noise can change the nature of oscillations or induce oscillations in a stationary state. The noise-induced oscillations are aperiodic and fractal in nature. The variation of the fractal dimension with dilution rate and the initial ethanol concentration is presented and discussed in terms of the interaction between process kinetics and the incoming noise.
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date: 1994
date_type: published
publication: Biotechnology Techniques
volume: 8
number: 6
publisher: Springer Science
pagerange: 419-424
id_number: doi:10.1007/BF00154314
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0951-208X
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00154314
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citation:   Patnaik, P R  (1994) Fractal characterisation of the effect of noise on biological oscillations: The biosynthesis of ethanol.  Biotechnology Techniques, 8 (6).  pp. 419-424.  ISSN 0951-208X     
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