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THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS IN THE LAG PHASE AND THE FORMATION OF SMALL POPULATIONS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
Author(s) -
QUESNEL L. B.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1960.tb00182.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , inoculation , biology , population , cellophane , lag , lag time , microbiology and biotechnology , liquid medium , generation time , chemistry , chromatography , genetics , biological system , immunology , demography , gene , computer network , organic chemistry , sociology , computer science
SUMMARY: The generation times of individual Escherichia coli cells inoculated on to a cellophane membrane and supplied with a liquid synthetic medium were determined by direct observation for four generations. Viability increased and generation time decreased with increasing age of population.