Growth cycle of microorganisms

GROWTH CYCLES OF MICROORGANISMS BATCH OPERATION OF BIOREACTORS... 

Growth Cycles of Microorganisms Batch Operation of Bioreactors 453... 

Figure 13.1 Schematic representation of the growth cycle of microorganisms. At time zero, the growth medium is inoculated.

Given the autocatalytic nature of the growth cycle for microorganisms, an alternative solution to circumventing problems associated with the absence of reactor productivity during the lag phase is to employ a cascade of CSTRs, The stirred tanks may differ in size, with the first reactor operating at a point in the growth cycle where the... 

Phytotoxins are classical secondary metabolites and as such possess all the characteristics one would expect of such compounds. They are a) structurally heterogeneous, b) contain a variety of functional groups, c) produced by a restricted number of microorganisms, d) produced at specific phases in the growth cycle, e) highly dependent on nutritional and environmental conditions for synthesis and f) not readily metabolized. 

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