[Experiments concerning the enhancement of clostridial growth (Clostridium butyricum 1672 A McClung) by means of the anaerobic metabolism of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells of the mouse (author's transl)].

Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells stimulate the vegetative growth of Clostridium butyricum in a modified Parker medium under N2 atmosphere. The enhancement of clostridial growth depends on the number of tumour cells added. The Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells keep the ordinary transplantability after anaerobic incubation with the vegetative forms of Clostridia. Further means for the manometric investigations of the tumour clostridium phenomenon are discussed.