ENH 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Exponential Growth, Petri Dish, Models 1

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Microbial growth is important to understand, so that it can be controlled! How cells divide, how cultures grow and how cell numbers increase are important to understand. Also the factors affecting the rate of growth are also important, for example, Changing these conditions can stop growth of one, but in turn ma create a new growth. Growth models are useful tools for understanding microbial growth. There are two types of microbial growth models one for unicellular (bacteria + yeasts) and the other for mycelial growth. Models created in the laboratory are used to estimate growth in food. Microbial growth models have been developed using cultures, usually liquid. The answer is yes (but also no) although food systems are far more complex than the simpler culture models, the information from models is still applicable. In liquid food, cells grow as individuals or small clumps . In solid food, cells grow as colonies on the surface or micro-colonies inside.

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