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Carbondioxide affects the growth rate of “oxygen limited”Escherichia coli at low concentrations of oxygen

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It is shown that addition of 1% CO2 in Argon, containing traces of oxygen (<30 ppm O2) to a described mineral salts medium leads to deblockage of the normal “oxygen limited” growth pattern ofEscherichia coli (ATCC 1524).

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Hörnsten, E.G. Carbondioxide affects the growth rate of “oxygen limited”Escherichia coli at low concentrations of oxygen. Biotechnol Lett 14, 189–194 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023357

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