[Morphological characteristics of Candida utilis daughter cells as a function of the specific growth rate of the culture].

Candida utilis cells growing in one-step chemostat at D = 0.05, 0.1, 0.25 and 0.35 h--1 were separated into fractions of daughter cells (without scars) and parent cells (with scars). The daughter cells were transferred under the conditions of batch cultivation where the following parameters were determined: the duration of the maturation phase, the specific growth rate, and changes in the length, width and volume of the cells. The differences in the behaviour of various daughter cell types are discussed in terms of the significance of age distribution for characterizing the average physiological state of the yeast population.