Estimations of bacterial growth rates in natural waters.
Specific growth rates as low as 0.005 hr(-1) (generation times of 20 to 200 hr) of aquatic bacteria in natural waters have been calculated from significant differences between dilution rates and washout rates in a chemostat. The measured growth rates were affected by the treatment of the water samples (type of sterilization) and by competition with the natural microflora for the unknown growth-limiting substrate.
D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000254:growth & development; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D008433:Mathematics; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000254:growth & development; D012623:Seawater; D012705:Serratia / Q000254:growth & development; D013139:Spirillum / Q000254:growth & development; D014871:Water Microbiology