Answer to Question #171258 in Microbiology for jericka

Question #171258

if a bacterium has a generation time of 30 minutes and you start with 100 cells at time 0, how many cells will you have in 30 minutes


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Expert's answer
2021-03-13T12:28:26-0500

The time taken by the bacteria to double in number during a period of certain time is the generation time.


We will have 200 cells: bacteria will divide once during 30 minutes, so number

of the cells will be 100x2 = 200 cells.


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