title: Growth of the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatum under stationary and nonstationary conditions during continuous cultivation.
abstract: The growth characteristics of a chemostat culture of the obligate methylotrophic bacterium Methylobacillus flagellatum have been determined. Steady-state cultures growing at a rate of 0.73-0.74 h(-1), equal to the maximal growth rate, were obtained under oxyturbidostat cultivation conditions. The response of a chemostat culture to a pulse increase of methanol concentration was studied. It was shown that slow and rapidly growing cultures of M. flagellatum responded differently to pulse methanol addition. The growth characteristics of slow-growing cultures decreased after methanol addition compared to those of stationary chemostat cultures. The growth characteristics of rapidly growing cultures were practically unchanged with and without pulse methanol addition.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow 113545, USSR.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Baev
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Schklyar
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Chistoserdova
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Chistoserdov
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Polanuer
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Tsygankov
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Sterkin