Estimations of Bacterial Growth Rates in Natural Waters |
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| Authors: | Holger W. Jannasch |
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| Abstract: | Specific growth rates as low as 0.005 hr−1 (generation times of 20 to 200 hr) of aquatic bacteria in natural waters have been calculated from significant differences between dilution rates and washout rates in a chemostat. The measured growth rates were affected by the treatment of the water samples (type of sterilization) and by competition with the natural microflora for the unknown growth-limiting substrate. |
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