Lag phase- does not
change as it's reacting to
the new environment
Log phase- increases
rapidly to reproduce
at the maximum rate
Stationary phase- does not change as
the bacteria may be short for food,
water, space or oxygen
Decline phase- falls rapidly
because the death rate is
greater than the reproduction
rate
Survival phase- small number of bacteria remain dormant as spores
Food processing
Batch Food Processing and
Continuous-Flow Food Processing
Beneficial and Harmful bacteria
Beneficial: to make
yoghurt and cheese,
genetically engineered
bacteria make enzymes
and hormones
Harmful: causes food to
decay and pathogenic
bacteria cause diseases such
as pneumonia and tetanus
Antibiotics
they are chemicals
produced but micro
organisms that kill or
prevent the growth of
bacteria without damaging
the human tissue
Antibiotic resistance
When an antibiotic is first used it kills the bacteria
in the organism. Soon the mutation in one
bacterium will cause that bacterium to be
resistant to the antibiotic
As all the antibiotic-sensitive bacteria are
killed off, the resistant bacterium has no
competition and can form huge numbers of
resistant bacteria
Bacteria have developed and resistance
to most known antibiotics. They are
called multi-resistant bacteria
The over-use of antibiotics has
accelerated the evolution of the
multi-resistant bacteria