title: Some observations on oscillatory changes in the growth rate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in aerobic continuous undisturbed culture.
abstract: Oscillatory changes in the growth rate were observed in undisturbed continuous culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on sugar-cane molasses media when nitrogen sources (2.56 to 6.17 g/liter of ammonium sulfate or 1.22 g/liter of urea) were added to the feeding mash and when the air rate was 1.3 to 1.6 v/v/m. The oscillations were not affected by the addition of yeast extract. The suppression of the nitrogen source during the continous test leads to a nonoscillatory transient state. No oscillations occured at all when no nitrogen source was added to the medium and/or the air rate was equal to zero or equal to about 3.3 v/v/m. The oscillatory responses of the system were affected by a previous anaerobic continuous cultivation of the yeast.
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D002455:Cell Division; D003470:Culture Media; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D007221:Industry; D008433:Mathematics; D008722:Methods; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004247:DNA