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Choose the correct sequence of stages of growth curve for bacetria

A) lag, log, stationary, decline phase

B) lag, log, stationary phase

C) stationary, lag, log, decline phase

D) decline, lag, log phase

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

When microbes are grown in a closed system or batch culture, the resulting growth curve has usually four phases: lag phase                             exponential (= log phase) stationary phase death phase.