1. Growth and Cell Division
Binary fission
No mitosis
Multiple chromosomes
Budding
Yeasts and some bacteria
Unequal partitioning of cytoplasm

2. Bacterial Growth Curve
Lag phase
Log phase
Stationary phase
Death phase

3. Physical Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth
Temperature
Psychrophiles
Psychrotrophs
Mesophiles
Thermophiles
Extreme thermophiles

4. Physical Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth - Oxygen
Obligate aerobe
Obligate anaerobe
Microaerophile
Facultative anaerobe
Aerotolerant anaerobe

5. Physical Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth
Hydrostatic pressure
Osmotic pressure
Radiation

6. Nutritional Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth
Carbon source
Nitrogen source
Sulfur/ phosphorus
Trace elements
Vitamins
Nutritional complexity

7. Culturing Bacteria - Streak Plates
Streak plate method

8. Culturing Bacteria - Pour Plates
Pour plate method

9. Culture Media Purposes Selective media Differential media
Enrichment media
Propagation media
Types
Defined
Complex