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Abstract

Colonies on nutrient agar of the aerobic yeast show linear increases in diameter and height with time throughout most of the growth cycle. The concentration of glucose in the agar has a negligible effect on radial growth rate although an increase in the glucose concentration prolongs the linear radial growth phase. The rate of increase in height of the colony is proportional to the square root of the initial glucose concentration. A new model that considers both glucose diffusion and oxygen diffusion in the colony is consistent with the observed colony profiles.

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