sensitive to stress during vegetative growth sensitive to alkalinity A cell phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which cells show increased sensitivity to alkaline pH. Cells stop growing (and may die) at a pH that allows wild type cells to grow. decreased growth during cellular response to alkalinity 2011-12-06T02:48:18Z midori In chemistry, alkaline pH is over 7.0. This term, however, is most useful for annotating phenotypes observed at any pH higher than that of standard fission yeast media, about 5.8. Also see 'sensitive to high pH' (FYPO:0001987). sensitive to alkalinity during mitotic cell cycle sensitive to alkalinity during vegetative growth decreased vegetative cell population growth during cellular response to alkalinity hypersensitive to alkalinity alkaline pH resistance: decreased FYPO:0000723