TABLE 5.
Dependence of cell cycle parameters on the rate of growth of C. oligotrophusa
| Acetate concn (mg liter−1) | Doubling time (h) | B phase
|
C phase
|
D phase
|
Dry mass of cells (fg cell−1)
|
1n/2n mass ratio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of cells | Length (h) | % of cells | Length (h) | % of cells | Length (h) | 1n cells | 2n cells | |||
| 12 | 36.3 | 84.6 | 28.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 23.3 | 31.2 | 0.75 |
| 36 | 16 | 68.9 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 23.8 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 31.3 | 0.70 |
| 107 | 4 | 26.6 | 1.0 | 28.3 | 1.0 | 45.1 | 2.2 | 24.9 | 37.0 | 0.67 |
| 193 | 4 | 37.6 | 1.2 | 28.4 | 1.1 | 34.0 | 1.7 | 26.7 | 37.8 | 0.70 |
a
The values are from a computer analysis of the data shown in Fig. 9.