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Growth ofEscherichia coli B in a continuous culture under limitation by inorganic phosphate

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During batch cultivation ofEscherichia coli in a medium deficient in inorganic phosphate, the growth curve after exhaustion of phosphate is linear. Results obtained in batch cultivation were used for deriving expressions for bacterial growth at a constant rate in a single-and multi-stage continuous system. It was found experimentally that the theoretical relations derived are satisfactory.

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Slezák, J., Sikyta, B. Growth ofEscherichia coli B in a continuous culture under limitation by inorganic phosphate. Folia Microbiol 12, 441–446 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02864950

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