Stages of the bacterial growth curve
LLSD
Antibiotics such as beta-lactams act best on actively dividing bacteria in the log phase.
Describes a closed culture; infection in the body does not follow a clean curve.
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LLSD. It helps you recall: Stages of the bacterial growth curve.
Log phase: exponential growth
Stationary phase: growth equals death
Decline (death) phase
L: Lag phase: adaptation, no division; L: Log phase: exponential growth; S: Stationary phase: growth equals death; D: Decline (death) phase.
It belongs to General microbiology and sterilisation in Microbiology.
Describes a closed culture; infection in the body does not follow a clean curve.
Antibiotics such as beta-lactams act best on actively dividing bacteria in the log phase.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Microbiology question about General microbiology and sterilisation.
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