Microbial Population Growth

BIOL 3104

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Outline of Microbial Population Growth

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       Bacterial Reproduction and Population Growth

Bacterial Growth Curve

    Lag Phase

        Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rates

    Acceleration Phase

        Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rates

    Exponential Phase

        Phase will continue until one of two things happens"

            1.

            2.

        Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rates

        Customary to express the growth rate of a culture as generations per hour.

            The number of generations per hour can be determined by plotting cell nmber against time on a semilog               scale               and reading off the time required for the number to double (e.g., binary fission)

                If the generation time is 40 minutes, then what is the growth rate in generations per hour?

            Can calculate the number of generations by  g = (log N-log No)/log 2.

                If you have an inoculum of 103 cells that grow exponentially to 109 cells, how many generations does it                       take?

                If the growth required 13.3 hours, the growth rate was how many generations per hour?

        How could you maintain cells in exponential phase?

            1.  Transfer them repeatedly into fresh medium of identical composition while they are still growing                                    exponentially.

            2.  Chemostat

 

            3.  Turbidostat

 

    Retardation Phase

        Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rate

    Stationary Phase

       Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rate

    Declining Phase

        Growth Rate

        Reproductive versus Death Rate

Measurement of Population Growth

   Cell Density

        Cell mass determination

 

        Chemical analysis of nitrogen or proteins

 

    Cell Concentration

        Viable cell count

            Colony counting

                Colony Forming Units (CFU) = Bacterial Colony Count X Reciprocal of volume X Reciprocal of dilution

                Organisms per ml of culture = Bacterial Colony Count X Reciprocal of dilution

            Colony counting using membrane filter system

            Photoelectric means using spectrophotometer

        Determining Total Counts

            Direct microscopic counts (Breed smear technique)

            Proportional counting

            Petroff Hausser counting chamger

            Electronic counting

 

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