A phase of population growth during which single celled organisms reproduce by budding, fission, or other asexual methods.
Comment:
Note that this term should not be used for direct annotation. If you are trying to make an annotation to x phase, it is likely that the correct annotation is 'regulation of x/y phase transition' or to a process which occurs during the reported phase. To capture the phase when a specific location or process is observed, the phase term can be used in an annotation extension (PMID:24885854) applied to a cellular component term (with the relation exists_during) or a biological process term (with the relation happens_during).
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
vegetative growth of a single-celled organism
narrow_synonym:
stationary phase
alt_id:
GO:0062178
only_in_taxon:
NCBITaxon:2 ! Fungi or Bacteria or Archaea; NCBITaxon:2157 ! Fungi or Bacteria or Archaea; NCBITaxon:4751 ! Fungi or Bacteria or Archaea