At 4:00 PM

question 60

Multiple Choice

At 4:00 p.m.a closed flask of sterile broth is inoculated with 10,000 cells.The lag phase lasts 1 hour.At 9:00 p.m.the culture enters stationary phase with a population of 65 million cells.At what time is the population half maximal?

• A)6:30 p.m.
• B)7:20 p.m.
• C)8:20 p.m.
• D)8:40 p.m.

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