Growing microorganisms on volatile hydrocarbons

Claim 1

METHOD FOR GROWING A MICROOGANISM ON A VOLATILE CYCLIC HYDROCARBON AS THE SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON, SAID HYDROCARBON BEING CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS A GROWTH INHIBITOR WHEN INITIALLY INTRODUCED IN THE LIQUID STATE TO SAID MICROORGANISM, WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING THE SAID HYDROCARBON IN THE VAPOR STATE TO A CULTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PSEUDOMONAS IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN AND OF A MINERAL NUTRIENT SAID VAPOR BEING RELATIVELY STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO SAID CULTURE, SECURING GROWTH OF SAID PSEUDOMONAS, CEASING THE ADDITION OF THE HYDROCARBON IN VAPOR FORM, ADDING TO SAID CULTURE A HYDROCARBON IN THE LIQUID STATE WHICH IF NTRODUCED THERETO PRIOR TO SAID VAPOROUS HYDROCARBON WOULD EXERT AN INHIBITORY EFFECT ON GROWTH, AND GROWING SAID MICROORGANISM ON SAID LIQUID HYDROCARBON.