All the bacterial cells that result from the replication of a single original bacterial organism are referred to as a
A) mixed population.
B) pure culture.
C) lag culture.
D) mutant culture.
E) single culture.

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A pure culture is one in which all of the bacterial cells are genetically identical, having resulted from the replication of a single original organism. A mixed population would contain multiple different types of bacterial cells. A lag culture refers to the early growth phase of a bacterial culture, while a mutant culture would contain cells with mutations from the original organism. A single culture is not a commonly used term in microbiology.

All the Bacterial Cells That Result from the Replication of a Single