Mineral Deficiency as a Factor Limiting Growth of the Ciliate Tetrahymena geleii
- 1 October 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Physiological Zoology
- Vol. 18 (4), 425-430
- https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.18.4.30151904
Abstract
Evidence obtained with "vitamin-free" casein media indicates that the ciliate, T. geleii, requires Ca and Fe for growth. Inorganic salts, as supplements to a deficient basal medium, may be replaced by such organic preparations as yeast-extract, brewer''s yeast and extract of alfalfa meal (either dethiaminized or untreated).This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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