Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
Preferred term
growth curve
Is replaced by
Definition
- [Henderson's] plot of log numbers of a population of living organisms against time. For a culture of microorganisms with limiting nutrients the growth phase is typically bell-shaped. A short lag phase of little or no increase in numbers is followed by a steep rise in numbers (exponential growth or log phase) to a plateau, followed by a rapid fall in growth rate as nutrients become exhausted, waste products accumulate and the available “habitat” becomes overcrowded.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- growth curves
- growths curve
- growths curves
Scope note
- MS Academic Keywords
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0527
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