Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1934 · 15 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesBiologyMicrobiologyMicrobial EcologyMicrobial PhysiologyMycologyFungal Cell BiologyMicrobial GrowthYeast BiologyMycelial GrowthSaprophytic FungiYeast Population Dynamics
The yeast plant is well adapted for the study of growth because it is possible to measure the growth of the individual cell, or of populations of yeast, under known and reproducible conditions. This saprophytic fungus will live in a synthetic nutrient solution that may be reproduced from time to time, and the use of pure strains reduces the innate variability of living organisms. The algae are less satisfactory because of the necessity of controlling photosynthesis, and most of the protozoa require living food so one must measure changes in mixed populations. The special problems associated with units composed of different kinds of cells as found in the multicellular organisms are also avoided.