Updated: 3/16/2015

Bacterial Growth Curve

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  • Overview
    • There are 4 key phases in bacterial growth
      • lag phase
        • an increase in metabolic activity with no increase in cell count
      • log phase
        • a rapid expansion of cell count
      • stationary phase
        • a slowing of cell count expansion secondary to reduced nutrients
        • bacteria begin to form spores
      • death phase
        • consuption of resources and build up of waste results in bacterial death

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