Module 6 Slides 37-48

result when organisms attach to a substrate by some form of extracellular matrix that binds them together in complex organized layers

Communicate and cooperate in the formation and function of biofilms

Division of bacterial cells occurs mainly through

Time required for a complete fission cycle is called the

Each new fission cycle increases the population by a factor of

Nf represents

• total number of cells in the population

• starting number of cells

• denotes generation time

Ni represents

• total number of cells in the population

• starting number of cells

• denotes generation time

n represents

• total number of cells in the population

• starting number of cells

• denotes generation time

In laboratory studies, populations typically display a predictable pattern over time

Stages in the normal growth curve: “flat” period of adjustment, enlargement; little growth