Relation Between Temperature Growth Range and Size in the Genus Bacillus

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Abstract
A study of 105 aerobic, non-thermophilic, spore-forming cultures of bacteria revealed that cultures of large-celled spp. of Bacillus have lower minimum and maximum temps. of growth than do small-celled species. Apparently this fact is a special application to bacteria of Bergmann''s rule (races of species living in cooler climates are larger than those races of the same sp. living in warmer climates). Cultures isolated from material incubated at 45[degree] and 50[degree]C are usually members of smaller-sized spp. than those isolated from materials kept at room temp.

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