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XLV.—The Rate of Multiplication of Micro-organisms: A Mathematical Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

A. G. McKendrick  and
M. Kesava Pai
A. G. McKendrick
Affiliation:
Pasteur Institute of Southern India
M. Kesava Pai
Affiliation:
Pasteur Institute of Southern India
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Conclusions

1. The rate of multiplication of fast-growing micro-organisms is proportional to the number of organisms, and to the concentration of foodstuff.

2. The initial rate of multiplication affords a factor of comparison both of efficiency for media and of reproductive properties of organisms.

3. Vaccines may be prepared in large quantities on the basis that a maximum number of organisms is attained to, this maximum being dependent on the concentration of nutriment, and independent of the amount of culture inoculated.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 31 , 1912 , pp. 649 - 655
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1912

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