Methods for the cultivation of micro-organisms

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF GROWING MICROORGANISUMS IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE AND OF CONTROLLING THEIR GROWTH RATE, WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING FRESH MEDIUM AT A CONSTANT VOLUMETRIC RATE TO, AND REMOVING CULTURE IN LIQUID STATE AT THE SAME RATE FROM, A FERMENTER, WHILE MIXING THE STIRRING SAID CULTURE TO KEEP IT HOMOGENEOUS WITH RESPECT TO ALL BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE TOTALITY OF ITS VOLUME, THE RATE AT WHICH COMPONENTS OF THE MEDIUM ARE ADDED BEING CHOSEN SUCH THAT THE OPPOSED EFFECTS OF THE ADDITION OF MEDIUM COMPONENTS ON THE ONE HAND AND THE INFLUENCE ON A GROWTH CONTROLLING FACTOR BY THE CONSUMPTION OF SAID COMPONENTS BY THE MICROORGANISMS ON THE OTHER HAND CREATE A STEADYSTATE WHERE THE RATE OF MULTIPLICATION OF THE MICROORGANISMS IS ACTUALLY LIMITED AND CONTROLLED TO REMAIN CONSTANT, IN ALL PARTS OF THE CULTURE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND AT ALL TIMES, BY SAID RATE OF ADDITION OF MEDIUM COMPONENTS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF GROWING MICROORGANISUMS IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE AND OF CONTROLLING THEIR GROWTH RATE, WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING FRESH MEDIUM AT A CONSTANT VOLUMETRIC RATE TO, AND REMOVING CULTURE IN LIQUID STATE AT THE SAME RATE FROM, A FERMENTER, WHILE MIXING THE STIRRING SAID CULTURE TO KEEP IT HOMOGENEOUS WITH RESPECT TO ALL BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE TOTALITY OF ITS VOLUME, THE RATE AT WHICH COMPONENTS OF THE MEDIUM ARE ADDED BEING CHOSEN SUCH THAT THE OPPOSED EFFECTS OF THE ADDITION OF MEDIUM COMPONENTS ON THE ONE HAND AND THE INFLUENCE ON A GROWTH CONTROLLING FACTOR BY THE CONSUMPTION OF SAID COMPONENTS BY THE MICROORGANISMS ON THE OTHER HAND CREATE A STEADYSTATE WHERE THE RATE OF MULTIPLICATION OF THE MICROORGANISMS IS ACTUALLY LIMITED AND CONTROLLED TO REMAIN CONSTANT, IN ALL PARTS OF THE CULTURE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND AT ALL TIMES, BY SAID RATE OF ADDITION OF MEDIUM COMPONENTS.