lecture 28 - microbial population growth Flashcards
How do prokaryotes reproduce?
Asexually - via binary vision
What is the closed batch culture system?
A system in which cells can be grown in a closed environment, with limited nutrients only provided initially.
What are the 4 key phases of growth in a closed batch culture system?
Lag, exponential, stationary, death
What is the first growth stage of the closed batch culture system?
Lag
What is the second growth stage of the closed batch culture system?
Exponential
What is the third growth stage of the closed batch culture system?
Stationary
What is the fourth and final growth stage of the closed batch culture system?
Death
What is the lag phase of a closed batch culture system?
When very little growth is observed because time is required to get bio synthetic reactions up and ready and for the organisms to adapt to their new conditions.
What is the exponential phase of a closed batch culture system?
Phase when cells are actively dividing with aid of nutrients, with no factors limiting their growth. Population doubles over a constant time interval, under ideal conditions
What is the stationary phase of a closed batch culture system?
Phase when there is no net cell growth (cryptic growth) All nutrients are used up and organisms are surviving and replicating by consuming dead/lysed cells. The rate of growth and death is constant.
What is cryptic growth?
A phenomenon observed in a closed batch culture system, where there appears to be no bacterial growth, or even a decline, but growth still occurs at a rate equal or less than the rate of death of cells.
What is the death phase of a closed batch culture system?
When the system is no longer viable, so cells begin to die at a rapid rate, and the equilibrium is skewed towards death.
How can the culture at the stationary phase in a closed batch culture system be described?
At a static equilibrium
What are the 3 requirements for microbial population growth?
Carbon source, energy source, reducing power
Why is a carbon source required for microbial population growth?
Carbons provides the building blocks for macro molecular synthesis.