Growth and Sporulation of Entrapped Bacillus subtilis Cells
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (1) , 297-301
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.45.1.297-301.1983
Abstract
Growing Bacillus subtilis cells were immobilized in k -carrageenan gel beads. Growth and sporulation of entrapped cells were studied by two different methods: cell enumeration and transmission electron microscopy. Immobilized growing cells had a shorter generation time than free cells did, whereas sporulation timing was unchanged. When steady state was reached, cell density was very high in gel beads.Keywords
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