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lag phase

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lag phase
Etymology: Dan, lakke, go slowly; Gk, phasis, appearance
a time span during which bacteria injected into a fresh medium have not begun to multiply, although they may enlarge.

lag phase
Emergency medicine The period between when a person is exposed to a toxic inhalant–eg, cadmium fumes, dimethyl sulfate, methyl bromide, ozone, nitrogen oxides, phosgene, phosphorus compounds and others and development of pulmonary edema–up to 12 hrs


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What this means is that some bacteria require a transition from the lag phase to the log phase in order to become potentially infective.
They are determining the probability distribution of lag phase duration (LPD) for foodborne pathogens, as a function of previous bacterial physiological history.
 
 
 
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