An ‘ammonia’-yeast and some of its properties

Abstract

An account i's given here of thie mneof prepanring a living yeast in which all the potassium is replaced by ammonia, the process being reversible. The fer- menting power, growth and resting o*ygen uptake of such yeast are described.-METHODS Chemical Ammonia was determined by a microdiffusion method (Conway, 1939).