Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260409062
Author: WILLEY, Joanne
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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To determine: The environmental factors influencing microbial growth.

Introduction: Growth of a bacterium is defined as the increase in several bacterial cells or populations. The growth rate depends on the time taken by a bacterium to divide into two daughter cells.

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Numerous environmental factors affect or influence the growth or the death rate of microbes. The fluctuations in the environmental conditions lead to dramatic shifts in population as the growth rate of species start varying to environmental change. Each category of microbes has a fixed range of environmental conditions for optimal growth. The environmental factors influencing the growth rate are temperature, osmotic pressure, pH, and oxygen concentration.

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