MICRB315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quorum Sensing, Inoculation, Endospore
18 Oct 2015
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Secondary metabolites (with thanks to dr. abigail adebusuyi) Outlook l m o c t o p s g o b e n s i r h c e n i c i d e m r e t s a s i. Primary vs. secondary metabolism in microbes: 1 metabolism is a vertical" process. Products stay with the organism (often intracellular) Products are nutrients and compounds essential for microbial growth and reproduction: 2 metabolism is a lateral" process. Products are involved in interactions between a microbe and its environment (e. g. , other organisms) Produced only under certain physiological conditions by slow-growing, non-growing or stressed cells. Filamentous endospores are usually from vegetative cells: produced only under certain physiological conditions i l j s e n o o c. _ m u l i l l i c i n e p t e n y g o o i r e t c a.
