Think about the properties of microbes growing in an oligotr

Think about the properties of microbes growing in an oligotrophic environment. Cells in which of the stages of the typical bacterial growth curve most resemble cells growing in an oligotrophic environment? Multiple Choice Death phase Lag phase Stationary phase Exponential phase

Solution

Oligotrophic are the environments that offer little to sustain life, organisms that survive in such environments, or the adaptations that support survival.Stationary phase is the period in which the number of viable microorganisms remains constant either because metabolically active cells stop reproducing or because the reproductive rate is balanced by the rate of cell death.Microbial populations enter stationary phase for several reasons including nutrient limitation, toxic waste accumulation, and possibly cell density.So,the answer is stationary phase.