Answer:
The cells in a population die at a constant rate
Explanation:
Microbial death is the loss of the ability of microbes to reproduce and survive in an environment. When a given microbial population is given a treatment, the microbial cells die at a constant rate. Microbial death rate is not dependent on the specie and nor on the antimicrobial agent.
Therefore, the microbial cells in a population does not die at once but die at a constant logarithmic rate; the cells decreases exponentially as nutrients decreases and waste product increases.
For example, if 500,000 microbes are treated or in a nutrient depleted environment and 50,000 microbes is left after 1 minute, by the next minute under the same condition 5,000 microbial cells will be left and this pattern will continue, this explains exponential decrease
d. carbon atoms in ocean water
Explanation:
The carbon atoms in ocean water is one of the ways through which carbon is sequestered in nature.
Sequestration of carbon implies the storage of carbon either naturally or artificially for a very long time.
Carbon sequestration cuts off carbon from the normal biogeochemical cycle and stores it in natural reservoirs for a very long duration.
- In nature, carbon is sequestered a whole lot through biological and chemical activities.
- Phytoplanktons are food producers. When consumed by higher organisms, their organic materials which contains carbon can become sequestered when the consumer dies and falls to the bottom of the ocean.
- Organisms that used carbonate to manufacture their shells in the ocean also sequesters carbon.
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