GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

6. MICROBIAL GROWTH

6.4. PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH

6.4.1. Definition of "Growth"

There are several Structure/97.html">Definitions of the term "growth", namely: an increase in cellular biomass. However, not every increase in cellular biomass can be considered growth. For instance, in Azotobacter, an increase in biomass is often due to culture mucilaginification (slime secretion);

the coordinated increase in The amount of all chemical components that make up The Cell; the irreversible increase in the amount of living matter, usually associated with Cell Division and an increase in their number. In multicellular microorganisms, body size increases, while in unicellular ones, the number of Cells increases; the coordinated Replication of all structures, Organelles, and Components of the microbial cell, which usually ends in reproduction.



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