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Many bacteria produce metabolic acids that may lower the pH and inhibit their growth. To prevent this, buffers that produce a pH equilibrium are added to culture media to neutralize these acids.

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Buffers are used to keep the pH-value in culture media stable when cells produce acidic or alkaline Metabolices. This allows standard growing conditions for cells.

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