Growth rate control of adherent bacterial populations.

AUTOR(ES)

Gilbert, P

RESUMO

We report a novel in vitro method which, through application of appropriate nutrient limitations, enables growth rate control of adherent bacterial populations. Exponentially growing cells are collected by pressure filtration onto cellulose acetate membranes. Following inversion into the bases of modified fermentors, membranes and bacteria are perfused with fresh medium. Newly formed and loosely attached cells are eluted with spent medium. Steady-state conditions (dependent upon the medium flow rate) at which the adherent bacterial biomass is constant and proportional to the limiting nutrient concentrations are rapidly achieved, and within limits, the growth rate is proportional to the medium flow rate. Scanning electron microscopic studies showed that such populations consist of individual cells embedded within an extracellular polymer matrix.

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