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growth ratę (in biotechnology)

The measure (h , d~‘) of the ratę of growth or multiplication of an organism or a culture, usually expressed as specific growth ratę (the in-crease of mass or celi number per time unit referred to the unit of mass, dlnA7d/).

1992, 64, 156

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology    2nd Edition (1997)

points, N1 and N2, at the extren.es of this linear phase (see ttg helów) are taken and substituted into the equation

Growth ratę ; K' = Ln (N2 / NI) / (t2 - tl)

WhereNI and N2 - biomass attimel (t1) and time2 (t2) respectively; Levasseuref a/(1993).