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Glucose Utilised. 



Day of 

 experiment. 



Glucose present ; 

 grni. in 100 c.c. medium. 



Glucose utilised ; 

 grm. in 100 c.c. medium. 







97 



o-oo 



7 



1 -oo 



o-oo 



10 



0-90 



0-07 



14 



0-58 



0-39 



21 



0-14 



0-83 



28 



o-oo 



0-97 



Note. — On the 28th day the acetic acid also had completely disappeared. 



It is apparent from Curve 1 that the growth of the bacillus, as measured by 

 protein nitrogen and lipoids synthesised, reaches a maximum at the point 

 when glucose and acetate disappear from the medium. Prom this point 

 onwards, the bacillus utilises its own lipoid material, which rapidly decreases. 

 It is particularly noteworthy that the " fat " fraction decreases at first more 



