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Farah Rami
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(3) Adaptation to new environment and necessary enzymes and intermediate
metabolites are built up for multiplication to proceed.
Log phase: following lag phase the cells start dividing and there number increase
(1) Bacteria have high rate of multiplication.
(2) Bacteria is more sensitive to antibiotics.