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Table 130. — Development and Oxygen Consumption op Ps. fluorescens 



Age of 

 culture 

 hours 



Plate count 

 per mm. 3 



Open 

 flask 



Closed 

 bottle 



Dissolved 



oxygen 



per liter, 



mg. 



Oxygen 



consumed 



per hour 



by 10» cells 



Age of 

 culture 

 hours 



Plate count 

 per mm. 2 



Open 

 flask 



Closed 

 bottle 







3K 

 8 



UK 



18 

 21 

 23 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 33 

 37 

 42 



80 

 75 



85 

 27 

 23 

 15 

 68 

 12 



Second experiment 







2K 



7 



103^ 



13>^ 



17 



17^ 



183^ 



20 



22 



24 



27 



32 



36 



41 



0.059 



0.22 



0.35 



0.42 



0.57 



0.59 



(0.26) 



45>^ 

 51 



67M 

 733^ 

 973^ 

 121K 

 U9H 

 1933^ 

 217K 

 2413^ 

 2653^ 

 2893^ 

 3613^ 

 3853^ 

 4093^ 



78,146 

 67,221 

 69,182 

 53,217 

 40,613 

 34,171 

 19,326 

 17,926 

 23,247 

 13,583 

 13,892 

 13,780 

 11,428 

 12,268 

 11,204 



38 

 50 



29 

 3 

 1.6 



0.9 

 0.1 

 0.2 



SO poor that even Bad, coli could not grow on it in the 

 absence of oxygen. Mliller distributed the inoculated 



