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Studies on the growth and protein content of Penicillium roqueforti as influenced by the various physiological and environmental conditions are reported. These studies included the investigation of the influence exerted by the temperature and hydrogen ion concentration as well as the nature and (or) the concentration of the various nutritive constituents on the total mycelial yield, total nitrogen, soluble nitrogen and protein content of the mycelium. A medium that established the optimum conditions for growth and protein synthesis by the organism was formulated. The protein content of the mycelia was found to be more or less constant and was only decreased when the culture conditions were drastic or on a deficiency of certain nutritive elements.
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Visiting Research Professor, on scientific leave from National Research Center, Cairo, U.A.R.; Appointment supported by the International Cooperation Administration under the Visiting Research Scientists Program administered by The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The work was also supported in part by grant E-1201 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Taha, E.E., Knight, S.G. Physiological and chemical studies on mould proteins. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 39, 22–36 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406524
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