Medical Microbiology Test 2  Created by Apedrique   84 terms
Cells that are exposed to hypertonic environments will exhibit
_______.   In microbiology, the term growth usually refers to
____.  an increase in the number of microbial cells  A cell that
uses an organic carbon source and obtains energy from light
would be called a ____.   An aquatic microbe that can grow only
at the surface of the water is a _____.   Nitrogen is a growth
limiting nutrient for many organisms because _________.  only a
few microbes can extract it from the atmosphere, but all
organisms require it for amino acid and nucleotide synthesis  At
temperatures higher than the maximum growth temperature for an
organisms _____.  hydrogen bonds are broken, proteins are
denatured, and membranes become too fluid  The term barophile
refers to which growth requirement?  Hydrostatic pressure  A
_____ plots the number of organisms in a growing population over
time.  growth curve  During which growth phase are bacteria more
susceptible to antimicrob