Stationary Phase in
Growth
of
Microorganisme - This phase is brought about through lack of food more accurately through exhaustion of one particular nutrient or when accumulation of toxic products completely inhibits the growth. In either case, the biomass and cell number remains constant.
The
cells
remain
state
of
suspended
animation.
The
biomass
and
cell
numbers
produced
during
this
phase
depends
largely
on
the
initial
substrate
concentration
and
on
the
organisms,
growth
yield.
This
is
the
mass
of
cells
produced
per
unit
of
substrate
converted
and
is
often
related
to
the
efficiency
of
growth
on
a
particular
substrate.
