THE EFFECT OF THE QUANTITY OF CULTURE MEDIUM ON THE DIVISION RATE OF OXYTRICHA

1 May 1928

journal article
research article
Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin

Vol. 54 (5) , 410-416
https://doi.org/10.2307/1536887

Abstract

Comparisons of the division rate of Oxytricha in 4 and 10 drops of culture medium showed that the average division rate was higher in the smaller amounts. This seems to favor Robertson''s theory of autocatalysis and is against the theory of Woodruff and Greenleaf that excretory products retard division of infusoria more markedly in small quantities of culture medium.

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