Answer: Death phase
Explanation:
The bacterial growth curve involves many stages named as lag, log stationary and decline.
The lag stage is where the nutrients are supplied for the growth of the bacterial species.
The log phase is where the the bacteria grow along with the nutrients available.
The stationary phase can be defined as the phase the death rate and the generation rate is same.
The death phase can be defined as the phase where the number of dying bacteria is more than the number of generation of bacteria because of the depletion of nutrients.
