ecoli at cix.compulink.co.uk ("K N and P J Harris") wrote:
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>Dec 1995 14:18:23
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>> From: dunten at sirius.bmc.uu.se (Pete Dunten)
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>> Subject: glycerol vs glucose
>> Date: 5 Dec 1995 14:18:23 GMT
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>>>>>> Super-rich media recipes for growth of E coli typically include
>glycerol but
>> not glucose. Anyone know why?
>>>> Thanks, Pete
>This is not an answer but is there a possibility that it is connected
>with water activity ?
>Peter Harris,
>University of Reading, U.K.
In the same vein, high glucose concentrations may lead to catabolite
repression and hence low growth rates. A possible explanation?
Jeremy Carson
Dept Primary Industry
Tasmania, Australia
