GROWTH OF ESCHERICHIA COLI B IN A CONTINUOUS CULTURE UNDER LIMITATION BY INORGANIC PHOSPHATE

During batch cultiva-tion of E. coli in a medium deficient in inorganic phosphate, the growth curve after exhaustion of phosphate is linear. Results obtained in batch cultivation were used for deriving expressions for bacterial growth at a constant rate in a single- and multi-stage continuous system. The theoretical relations derived are satisfactory.