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Cultivation of Bacteria and Fungi
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With knowledge of the basic concepts of medium composition and the physical conditions which may limit microbial growth, one can enhance the ability to grow bacteria and fungi in pure culture and to enrich for, isolate, and culture many microorganisms of interest from the environment. The major nutritional requirements for microbial growth that must be considered are sources of carbon; sources of energy; electron acceptors; nitrogen sources; sources of nutrients, such as sulfur, phosphate, magnesium, and calcium; vitamin requirements; and trace metal requirements. Some physiochemical factors affecting growth include temperature, pH, requirement for oxygen, and salinity. This chapter presents a recipe for a basic basal medium for cultivating microorganisms. The selection of the various components and their roles are discussed. The chapter also discusses physicochemical factors for cultivation of bacteria and fungi, the fundamentals of the culture of fungi, larger-scale culture of bacteria, and the progress in culturing the uncultured.
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- Tanner, R. S.
- Venue
- Manual of Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-05-14
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- 69-78
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- en
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