Factors
Affecting
Microorganisms
Growth
and
Growth
Rates -
A
variety
of
factors
affect
microbial
growth
and
growth
rates
and
these
include
organism;
the
medium
composition,
pH,
the
temperature
of
incubation,
degree
of
aeration
etc.
The
effect
of
some
of
these
will
be
briefly
summarized.
Temperature
- Growth
can
be
summarized
as
the
net
result
of
a
large
number
of
enzymatic
reactions.
Thus,
the
rate
of
growth
would
have
a
direct
relationship
with
the
rate
of
reactions,
or
to
the
sum
rate
of
all
reaction.
It
is
well
known
that
the
of
a
reaction
is
a
direct
function
of
temperature.
Hence,
growth
can
also
be
related
with
temperature
with
an
increase
in
temperature,
the
growth
rate
will
increase
but
falls
abruptly
at
both
the
upper
and
the
lower
limits.
