Question
The bacterial growth curve is an example of a ____ plot.
Answer
The bacterial growth curve is an example of a semilog plot.
Note: The fact that the y-axis is logarithmic means that a straight line (as seen during the exponential phase) actually represents an exponential increase in the number of bacteria, not a linear increase.
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