Experimental Investigation and Kinetic Modeling of p-Nitrophenol and Phenol by Kissiris-Immobilized Ralstonia eutropha in a Batch ReactorCo-metabolic degradation of p-nitrophenol (PNP) and phenol by kissiris-immobilized Ralstonia eutropha cells was studied in a batch bioreactor operated in recycling mode (30°C, initial pH of 7.7, aeration rate of 0.5 vvm, and recycling flow rate of 25 mL min
À1). Decreasing trends of specific degradation rates of phenol (q Sg ) and PNP (q Sng ) with an increase of initial PNP concentration, were mathematically modeled considering the competitive inhibition between growth and non-growth substrates and self-inhibition of non-growth substrate. A non-linear regression on the equations used in defining of q Sg , and q Sng , was used to estimate the relevant kinetic parameters. On the best fitted curve, the kinetic parameters were q max Sg ¼ 0.032, and. These parameters were used for dynamic prediction of the substrates concentration feature during co-metabolic degradation experiments.