In what phase of a typical bacterial growth curve does the cell decay rate exceed the cell multiplication rate

Question

In what phase of a typical bacterial growth curve does the cell decay rate exceed the cell multiplication rate

Answer 1

There are some phases of growth of bacteria. The log phase of bacterial growth is followed by the stationary phase, in which the size of a population of bacteria remains constant, even though some cells continue to divide and others begin to die. The stationary phase is followed by the death phase, in which the death of cells in the population exceeds the formation of new cells.