BIOL 4110 Chapter : Biol 4110 - Growth I (#2)
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Lag phase: growth is slow at first while the microbes. Lag phase: growth is slow at first, while the microbes acclimate to the food and nutrients in their new habitat. Log phase: once the metabolic machinery is running, they start multiplying exponentially, doubling in number every few minutes. t b li th hi i i http://www. cellsalive. com/ecoli. htm. Stationary phase: as more and more microbes are. Stationary phase: as more and more microbes are competing for dwindling food and nutrients, booming growth stops and the number of bacteria stabilizes. Death phase: toxic waste products build up, food is depleted and the microbes begin to die. http://www. cellsalive. com/ecoli. htm. With a few exceptions prokaryotes rely on binary fission. With a few exceptions, prokaryotes rely on binary fission to propagate. http://www. cellsalive. com/ecoli. htm. In the laboratory, under favorable conditions, a growing bacterial population doubles at regular intervals. 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. or 20, 21, 22, 232n (where n = the number of generations).
