Front Cover; Continuous Cultivation of Microorganisms; Copyright Page; Preface; Preface; Table of Contents; Contributors; CHAPTER 1. SITUATION AND MAIN TRENDS IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; Reference; CHAPTER 2. MULTI-STAGE CONTINUOUS CULTURE; Classification of Multi-Stage Fermentation Systems; Theory of Single-Stream Systems; The first stage; The second stage; Extension to three or more stages; Some properties of single-stream multi-stage systems; Performance criteria for single-stage and multi-stage systems; Theory of Multi-Stream Systems

Mathematical treatment of three or more stagesDiscussion; Reference; CHAPTER 3. THEORY OF MULTI-STAGE CONTINUOUS CULTURES; The Steady State of a Chain of Fermenters with Feed-back; The Critical Dilution Rate of the Chain; The Ideal Tubular Fermenter; Comparison of the Multi-stage System with the Tubular Fermenter; Conclusions; References; Discussion; CHAPTER 4. A SIMPLE STOCHASTIC MODEL OF CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN SEVERAL VESSELS; Introduction; Cultivation ""Fourterminal ""; Closed chain of cultivation fourterminals; Discussion

CHAPTER 5. CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEORY OF CONTINUOUS FERMENTATIONConclusion; References; CHAPTER 6. USE OF CONTINUOUS CULTURE METHOD FOR ANALYSING CELL FUNCTIONS; Summary; References; CHAPTER 7. SOME REMARKS TO THE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF MICROORGANISMS IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE; Discussion; CHAPTER 8. ON THE RATE OF YEAST SYNTHESIS IN CONTINUOUS FODDER YEAST PROPAGATION; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 9. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CELL MASS PRODUCTION IN A SINGLE -- AND MULTISTAGE CULTIVATION; Theoretical; Experimental; Summary; References; Discussion

CHAPTER 10. APPLICATION OF THE CONTINUOUS FLOW METHOD IN SOIL MICROBIOLOGYMethod; Study of microbiological processes by the continuous-flow method; Summary; References; Discussion; CHAPTER 11. STEADY-STATE ENRICHMENT CULTURES OF BACTERIA; References; CHAPTER 12. THE PROPORTION OF STREPTOMYCIN-RESISTANT MUTANTS IN B. MEGATHERIUM CULTURES GROWING IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE; References; CHAPTER 13. PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF DEXTRAN; References; Discussion; CHAPTER 14. STUDY OF THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF 6-AZAURACIL RIBOSIDE BY ESCHERICHIA COLI B IN A MULTI-STAGE CONTINUOUS PROCESS