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In the batch culture of bacteria with growth-linked gaseous products the kinetics of growth and gas accumulation are only simply related after several generations of growth. The relation between growth and gas accumulation is made quantitative and the correct method of interpreting the gas data for earlier generations is given.
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Powell, G.E. Interpreting gas kinetics of batch cultures. Biotechnol Lett 5, 437–440 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132224
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