NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Lag Phase-In the lag phase, the number of cells doesn’t increase. However, considerable metabolic activity is occurring as the cells prepare to grow. (This phase may not occur, if the cells used to inoculate a new culture are in the log phase & provided conditions are the same).

Detailed explanation-2: -Lag Phase. This initial cell growth phase is generally characterized by metabolic activity but not growth. The cells utilize media to synthesize the small molecules necessary for replication. This stage is where the cells start to increase in size but not necessarily in number.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stationary phase is the stage when growth ceases but cells remain metabolically active. Several physical and molecular changes take place during this stage that makes them interesting to explore. The characteristic proteins synthesized in the stationary phase are indispensable as they confer viability to the bacteria.