Neco Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Question 17

Practice objective / multiple choice question 17 from the 2018 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Neco Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 17 NECO_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2018 • BIOLOGY • objective

A bacterial culture is inoculated with 10³ cells in a nutrient broth. The lag phase lasts 2 h, during which the population does not increase. After the lag phase the bacteria enter exponential growth with a generation time of 30 min until the population reaches 90 % of the carrying capacity, which is 10⁹ cells. The culture then enters stationary phase. Determine the total time (in hours) from inoculation until the culture reaches stationary phase.

Answer Options

A. 14
B. 8
Correct Answer C. 12
D. 10
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
12

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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Question 17. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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