EnvThes
type: ConceptScheme

growth curve
type: Concept
in scheme: EnvThes
scope note: MS Academic Keywords
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: characteristic
creator: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

characteristic
type: Concept
narrower: growth curve