Describe the four stages of the normal bacterial growth curve
and explain the growth patterns of each stage. Define the terms
binary fission and generation time.
1. Draw and label (or generate in excel) the standard growth
curve for bacteria. Explain each of the stages of this curve fully.
Conclude by explaining how and why this curve might look if it
represented the growth of a lactose degrading bacteria in media
that contains both glucose and lactose.
3. A. Define inferior good. Give one example. Draw a demand
curve for it and fully label the diagram. Why do some people want
to pay for it?
B. Define normal good.
C. Return to the demand curve diagram from part A. Imagine that
the buyers of this product all have received an income increase.
Draw a new demand curve on that diagram to show the change due to
the consumer’s income increase. Give one explanation for that
change, and...
Draw bacterial DNA replication. Be sure to draw and label all of
the proteins and describe the role of each protein in one sentence.
(Don't forget DNA polymerase I)
1. Describe and/or draw in detail the gram positive and the gram
negative bacterial envelope. Then go on to describe all the steps
of a gram stain. Conclude by explaining why the gram stain is such
an important technique in the microbiology lab.