Question

Borrow et al. investigated the biosynthesis of Gibberellic acid by Gibberella fujikuroi and divided growth of organisms into balanced, storage and maintenance phase. What do you mean by storage phase?

(a) The phase equivalent to the early to middle exponential phase

(b) The phase equivalent to the late exponential phase

(c) The phase equivalent to the stationary phase

(d) The phase equivalent to the lag phase

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Query is from Microbial Growth Kinetics topic in portion Microbial Growth Kinetics of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) The phase equivalent to the late exponential phase

Explanation: Storage phase means the phase equivalent to the late exponential phase where the increase in mass is due to the accumulation of lipid and carbohydrate.