[Cytomorphologic characteristics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida utilis as an index of the physiologic state of the culture].

The dimensions of daughter cells without scars, and of mother cells with 1--4 scars, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida utilis were studied in the one-stage chemostat at D equal to 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, and 0.35 hr-1. The average dimensions of the cells increased with the specific growth rate. At low values of the specific growth rate, "immature" daughter cells separate and attain reproductive ability as independent individual organisms. A twofold increase in the biomass of yeast cells occurs at the account of growth of the buds and small daughter cells.