The Minimal Nutritional Requirements of Several Strains of Shigella Dysenteriae 1

The study of bacterial nutrition is fundamental to an understanding of the physiological aspects of microorganisms. The advances made in biochemical research during the past few decades have permitted the employment of synthetic media for a large number of microorganisms previously able to grow only on complex, ill-defined media. In turn, microorganisma have become a valuable tool of the biochemist for the assay of vitamins and growth factors. These combined efforts of the biochemist and the microbiologist have advanced the entire field of physiology applicable to all organisms