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Considerable research has been carried out on the physiological and biochemical adaptations which organisms make at different temperatures (Precht et al., 1955) but little is known of the significance of these adjustments. The present work on bakers yeast was carried out in an attempt to define what is meant by efficiency of growth and reproduction and to try and compare the performance of growing organisms at different temperatures, with a view to applying the results to organisms in the wild. Bakers yeast was chosen because its biochemistry is well known and some work has been carried on the adaptations of yeast to temperature (Christophersen and Precht, 1950). The heat production of yeasts has been studied previously by several authors (for instance Rubner, 1904; Ohlmeyer and Fritz, 1966; Battley, 1960).
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Grainger, J.N.R. (1973). The Measurement of the Efficiency of Growth at Different Temperatures and Its Significance. In: Wieser, W. (eds) Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65703-0_18
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