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Competitive Inhibition Definition:

  • Control process that relies on the ability of metabolic analogs to control microbial growth by successfully competing with a necessary enzyme to halt the growth of bacterial cells.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Competitive Inhibition Notes:

Competitive inhibition, in microbiology, is a term that refers to the control process, which relies on the metabolic analogs ability to control the growth of microbes by competing successfully with an essential enzyme to stop the bacterial cells' growth.

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