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Abstract
Oxygen transfer through a cotton plug follows Fick's law of diffusion. The apparent diffusion constant decreases as the density of cotton packing is increased. Formulas are derived which relate oxygen transfer to cotton-plug dimensions. Calculations indicate that the dimensions of a cotton plug can affect both the maximal oxygen uptake rate and the gas composition inside a shaken flask. In some situations, as with large flasks, the cotton closure can become the limiting factor to aeration.Entities:
Keywords: BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNICS; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COTTON; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FERMENTATION; GASES; OXYGEN
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14199018 PMCID: PMC1058122 DOI: 10.1128/am.12.4.305-310.1964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Microbiol ISSN: 0003-6919