In a batch culture a bacterial population increases from $2.0 \times 10^{6}$ cells to $1.6 \times 10^{8}$ cells in 4 hours. Assuming exponential growth, (i) calculate the generation (doubling) time in minutes, and (ii) predict the cell number after 7 hours of culture.

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Generation time ≈ 38 min; after 7 h ≈ 4.3 × 10⁹ cells

Neco Model Questions Vol1 2023 Biology Question 28

In a batch culture a bacterial population increases from \(2.0 \times 10^{6}\) cells to \(1.6 \times 10^{8}\) cells in 4 hours. Assuming exponential growth, (i) calculate the generation (doubling) time in minutes, and (ii) predict the cell number after 7 hours of culture.

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