Abstract
An apparatus for the continuous and automatic measurement of respiration during growth of micro-organisms in stirred aerated culture is described. The effluent atmosphere from the culture vessels is passed through commercially available oxygen and carbon dioxide gas analyzers, and their electrical output is fed to a multipoint recorder. The apparatus has been used to measure the respiration of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus thuringiensis, and Methylococcus capsulatus during growth on complex and defined media. In addition, pH values and dissolved oxygen concentrations were measured. Growth of P. thuringiensis in glucose-limited media showed unexpected interruptions in the oxygen consumption curves which resembled diauxic growth; growth of B. thuringiensis in complex media showed similar discontinuities of respiration. These results are explained as the sequential utilization of preferred substrates which, in the case of P. aeruginosa were provided as transient intermediates of glucose.
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