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Factors which control maximal growth of bacteria.

Sinclair, N. A. (Washington State University, Pullman) and J. L. Stokes. Factors which control maximal growth of bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 83:1147-1154. 1962.-In a chemically defined medium containing 1% glucose and 0.1% (NH(4))(2)SO(4), both of these compounds are virtually exhausted by the growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens. If these carbon, energy, and nitrogen sources are added back to the culture filtrate, maximal growth to the level of the original culture is obtained. This process can be repeated several times with the same results. Eventually, however, the supply of minerals in the culture limits growth. When the nutrient levels are raised to 3% glucose and 0.3% (NH(4))(2)SO(4), lack of oxygen and low pH limit growth before the supply of nutrients is exhausted. There is no evidence that specific autoinhibitory substances are produced either in chemically defined or complex nitrogenous media or that physical crowding of the cells limits growth. The results with Escherichia coli are similar to those with P. fluorescens. However, after a few growth cycles aerobically and after only one growth cycle anaerobically, inhibitory substances, probably organic acids, accumulate and limit growth.

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Polymorphism in a marine bacterium in relation to population growth.

Greenfield, Leonard J. (University of Miami, Miami, Fla.), Janet J. Hines, and Linda L. Boral. Polymorphism in a marine bacterium in relation to population growth. J. Bacteriol. 84:357-363. 1962.-A marine pseudomonad, MB-1, from South Florida waters, exists in three forms: orange (y), lemon-yellow (xy), and white (x), each of which is polymorphic. Replicate growth curves of each form were obtained by culturing at 25 C in 1% peptone-sea water using a controlled inoculum. The controlled inoculum was obtained by growing an isolate on a 1% peptone-sea water agar (1.5%) slant for 24 hr at 25 C, transferring a wire loopful of culture to 50 ml of 1% peptone-sea water in a 125-ml flask, and incubating at 25 C for another 24 hr. The resulting bacterial suspension in 0.5-ml amounts was used to inoculate 50 ml of 1% peptone-sea water broths in which growth was measured. The logarithmic growth phase occurred in x and xy between 12 and 18 hr of incubation; in y, this period was between 18 and 24 hr. The stage of growth could also be characterized by the percentage of cell types present at a given period. In late lag phase, single cells outnumbered binary types by about two to one. During logarithmic growth, the single cells predominated by 2.5 or 2.4 to 1. In the stages following this ratio increased, but all cells showed considerable variation in size. Chains of cells were present in all stages but were reduced in number during the logarithmic phase.

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