RT Book, Section
A1 Carroll, Karen C.
A1 Hobden, Jeffery A.
A1 Miller, Steve
A1 Morse, Stephen A.
A1 Mietzner, Timothy A.
A1 Detrick, Barbara
A1 Mitchell, Thomas G.
A1 McKerrow, James H.
A1 Sakanari, Judy A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1114732603
T1 Cultivation of Microorganisms
T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824989
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114732603
RD 2024/04/23
AB Cultivation  is  the  process  of  propagating  organisms  by  providing  the  proper  environmental  conditions.  Growing  microorganisms  are  making  replicas  of  themselves,  and  they  require  the  elements  present  in  their  chemical  composition.  Nutrients  must  provide  these  elements  in  metabolically  accessible  form.  In  addition,  organisms  require  metabolic  energy  to  synthesize  macromolecules  and  maintain  essential  chemical  gradients  across  their  membranes.  Factors  that  must  be  controlled  during  growth  include  the  nutrients,  pH,  temperature,  aeration,  salt  concentration,  and  ionic  strength  of  the  medium.