CONTROL MECHANISMS IN BACTERIAL CELLS [chapter]

A.C.R. DEAN
1973 Microbial Engineering  
The existence of self-regulating mechanisms in complex organisms is common knowledge. The single cell, the unit from which more complex organisms are built up, also possesses remarkable powers of adjustment. Detailed quantitative studies of the growth of bacteria in various environmental conditions have given an insight into the control mechanisms and various models have been set up. The cases when reproduction in a given environment can be described by autocatalytic-type reactions are treated,
more » ... as well as conditions on transfer of the organisms into a fresh medium of identical composition or into a medium of different type. The self-regulating mechanisms are explained on the basis of simple kinetic models. The importance of the role of molecular biology in explaining the process of reproduction is stressed.
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