Specific rate of growth of buds related to the genealogical age of the parent cell in Candida utilis.

Specific growth rate, specific rate of oxygen consumption calculated per unit cell mass and substrate consumption were followed during the (S + G2) phase of the cell cycle of Candida utilis, when the cell mass increase occurs due to bud growth. Scar-free cells and cells with one and more scars were investigated. Buds of the mother scar-bearing cells grew more slowly. Oxygen was used up at the same rate, whereas glucose was utilized more rapidly.