Practice - Growth Kinetics: Quantifying Microbial Population Dynamics
Practice Questions
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Define binary fission.
💡 Hint: Think about how bacteria reproduce without mating.
What occurs during the lag phase?
💡 Hint: It's about adaptation to a new environment.
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What is binary fission?
💡 Hint: Think about how bacteria reproduce without making offspring.
True or False: During the exponential phase, the population doubles at regular intervals.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to the growth rate in this phase.
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Challenge Problems
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A culture starts with 500 cells and after 6 hours, it has grown to 32,000 cells. Calculate the number of generations and the generation time.
💡 Hint: Use the growth formula to find n and then g.
Explain how environmental factors might affect the phases of the microbial growth curve.
💡 Hint: Think about how natural environments might differ from laboratory settings.
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