A bacterial culture is initially composed of 100 cells. After 1 hour, the number of bacteria is 1.5 times the initial population. a. If the rate of growth is proportional to the number of bacteria present, determine the time necessary for the number of bacteria to triple. A. b. 11ec7385_02c6_a55c_9432_2178d5a03226_SM1184_00 11ec7385_02c6_a55d_9432_a729fb834025_SM1184_11 Figure 5.23 A. Side view of hemocytometer. B. View through microscope objective. Each ruled square is 0.25 mm on a side (i.e., the distance between the three thick lines is 1 mm). Photo courtesy of Dr. John Parrish. b. What is the time required for a culture with 1 × 106 of the same bacteria to triple? Explain your results. c. Under what conditions would the answers obtained in b be invalid?

Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology 1st Edition by Veronique Tran,Mark Saltzman

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Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology 1st Edition by Veronique Tran,Mark Saltzman

النسخة 1الرقم المعياري الدولي: 9780521840996

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A bacterial culture is initially composed of 100 cells. After 1 hour, the number of bacteria is 1.5 times the initial population.
a. If the rate of growth is proportional to the number of bacteria present, determine the time necessary for the number of bacteria to triple. A.
b.

Figure 5.23 A. Side view of hemocytometer. B. View through microscope objective. Each ruled square is 0.25 mm on a side (i.e., the distance between the three thick lines is 1 mm). Photo courtesy of Dr. John Parrish.
b. What is the time required for a culture with 1 × 106 of the same bacteria to triple? Explain your results.
c. Under what conditions would the answers obtained in b be invalid?

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