Question

Suppose you treat an exponentially growing culture of bacteria with a potential antimicrobial compound. Over the next few hours, cell doubling stops (untreated, control cultures continue doubling), but the cells remain metabolically active. This antimicrobial compound is _______

Answer 1

This type of compound is called as Microstatic compound

Step-by-step explanation:

Microstatic compounds stops the increase in size of microbe’s colony. This type of compound temporarily prevents the multiplication and growth of microorganism. But this statement is not justified because the antimicrobial agent destroys its target if the concentration is increased. If the concentration is lower than the specific amount the, the microorganism will continue to grow. if the concentration is higher than the specific amount, so the compound will kill the microorganism. so exactly the Microstatic compounds are those compounds which prevent growth of microorganism in specific concentrations.