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Q: How does tempature, PH, and aw affect mold growth ?

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Q: When we grow bacteria on TSA plates for 5 days, we see mostly vegetative cells. Why?

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Q: Differentiate between trace metals and growth factors. How arethese used by the cell?

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Q: By accident, you placed a mesophile organism in a growth medium at pH 8. You expected it to die but…

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Q: 1) Describe the growth morphology obtained from both Bacterial Growth Count (TSA) plates and Fungal…

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Q: Your lab coordinator has decided to grow and maintain a sourdough starter.  A sourdough starter is a…

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Microbial Physiology

Microbial physiology is the branch of microbiology that is associated with studying the physiology of fungi, bacteria, and viruses. It is an important field of science concerning functional genomics and metabolic engineering.

Chemotaxis

The organism’s movement in a particular direction as a response to certain chemicals that are available in the environment is defined as chemotaxis. In brief, it can be defined as the occurrence of an organism’s movement in response to a certain chemical stimulus.