Learning Objectives for "Factors Influencing Bacterial Growth"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Define the following:

a. psychrophile
b. psychrotroph
c. mesophile
d. thermophile
e. obligate aerobe
f. obligate anaerobe
g. aerotolerant anaerobe
h. facultative anaerobe

2. State the optimum pH range for most bacteria and compare this range with the optimum pH for fungi.

3. Define the following:

a. phototroph
b. chemotroph
c. autotroph
d. heterotroph
e. fastidious

 

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