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will be found in the relations between growth and 

 temperature. 



Fermentation is a chemical process, however, and if 

 it does not follow the temperature laws of chemical 

 processes, the reason for it must be found. It seems 



Fig. 15.- 



-Variation of the temperature coefficient of alcoholic fermentation 

 with temperature. 



simplest to assume that the general law really applies 

 here as well, but that above the optimum temperature 

 and near the minimum temperature, a superposition 

 by other processes causes the observed deviations from 

 the rule. 



