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An Automatic Colorimeter and its use in Evaluating the Growth Response of an Anaerobic General Fatty Acid Auxotroph to cis ‐ and trans ‐Octadecenoic Acids
Author(s) -
HAZLEWOOD G. P.,
REYNOLDS M. J.,
DAWSON R. M. C.,
GUNSTONE F. D.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-2672.1979.tb01761.x
Subject(s) - colorimeter , auxotrophy , colorimetry , anaerobic exercise , fatty acid , chemistry , biochemistry , food science , biology , chromatography , gene , physiology , physics , quantum mechanics , mutant
The construction and mode of operation of an automatic colorimeter is described. In illustrating its use to assess bacterial growth, it was shown that trans ‐octadecenoates were more stimulatory to the growth of a fatty acid auxotrophic Butyrivibrio sp. than cis ‐octadecenoates.