RATE OF GROWTH OF BACTERIA 



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his paper, the lower curves showing the initial rates of growth 

 of subcultures from the parent culture, the growth curve of which 



g 



1.3 



U 



Days of Growth. 



Fig. 5. Influence of Size of Stump on Rate of Regeneration of Tadpoles' 



Tails. 

 Plotted from data of M. M. Ellis (Jour. Exp. Zool., 1909, 7, 421). 



is shown immediately above. It will be noted that when sub- 

 cultured during the lag phase, the subcultures show no immediate 



