Open AccessPart II.- Quantitative methods and technique of investigation of the products of metabolism of micro-organisms
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9266
pISSN - 0264-3960
DOI - 10.1098/rstb.1931.0012
Subject(s) - biochemical engineering , computer science , carbon fibers , combustion , series (stratigraphy) , biological system , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , engineering , algorithm , paleontology , composite number
At the commencement of this work it was decided, as outlined on p. 7 in the introductory paper in this series, to take as the basis of the investigations the quantitative determination of thetypes of compounds formed by micro-organisms. Hence it became necessary to devise methods of separating “the products of metabolism arising from glucose into differenttypes of chemical compounds, and of isolating them in a form suitable for the subsequent estimation of their carbon content by combustion. The methods adopted will be described.