Microbial Growth Flashcards
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What are the 4 stages of bacterial cell growth
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Lag, log,stationary, death
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What occurs in the lag phase
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Number of cells doesn’t change
- can grow or shrink dependanton the availability of nutrients
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What occurs in the log phase
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Exponential growth, intrinsic growth rate
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What occurs in the stationary phase
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Accumulation of waste products, reduction of nutrients, line plateaus
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What occurs in the death phase
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More dying cells than living cells, formation of persister cells
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