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For reactor MB, the effluent glucose and sulfate concentrations, as well as the relative concentrations of the different microbial groups were predicted fairly accurately by the model. However, there was a discrepancy between the measured and modeled effluent acetate and methane concentrations. For reactor SB, the same discrepancies were observed. In addition, the model predicted a sharp decrease in the concentrations of the SRB immediately after the change-over as a consequence of an assumption regarding sulfidogenic growth of SRB; in reality, this decrease was much less significant.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:09:05Z (GMT). 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