A simple culture vessel for turbidimetric studies of anaerobic growth of microbes

Résumé La fiole de culture décrite permet le mesurage par voie turbidimétrique de la croissance microbienne en culture anaérobie et agitée. Du gaz, produit par la culture, peut s'échapper par une valve. Par l'application additionelle d'un bulbe latéral contenant de la potasse, la comparaison est possible entre des cultures parallèles, croissant soit en présence soit en absence de CO₂.

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The first author is indebted to Prof. Dr.T. O. Wikén for facilities offered to him in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Technological University, Delft.     

Unstable genetic system inDrosophila melanogaster: I. Instability at theCinnabar locus

Summary A mutant strain containing acinnabar allele (cn ^rbr ,rojo brillante) is reported, that produces wild-type revertants at thecinnabar (cn) locus. Incn ^rbr /cn heterozygotes the rate of mutation is highly increased. The presence of a mutator agent acting premeiotically is indicated.D.L. Lindsley and E.H. Grell, Genetic variations ofDrosophila melanogaster. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, 1968; Publication No. 627.     

Ethylene production and cell wall formation in mesophyll protoplasts

Summary The regulation of ethylene synthesis, in relation to the presence of a new cell wall, has been investigated forNicotiana sylvestris leaf protoplasts. It is clear that the production of ethylene is not controlled by the new wall, which has no action on the ethylene formation. The addition of dichlorobenzonitrile to cultivated protoplasts causes the inhibition of wall formation, without any other apparent deleterious effects.