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Microbial Nutrition
BIS3201-Fisiologi
Essential Nutrients Must be Provided for
an Organism to Survive and Reproduce
• Macronutrients
-4
: are needed in concentrations larger than
10 M.
Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sulfur, Phosphorus,
Magnesium, Pottasium
• Micronutrients : metals and organic compounds needed in
very small amounts, less than 10-4 M.
Mo2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Mn2+, Ca2+, Na2+, Vitamine, Growth
hormones, metabolite precursors
• Anaerobes :
– Aerotolerant anaerobes : can tolerate oxygen but
grow better without oxygen.
– Obligate : do not require oxygen. Obligate
anaerobes are killed by oxygen