A Loopful of Bacteria Containing 1000 Bacterial Cells Is Inoculated

question 59

Multiple Choice

A loopful of bacteria containing 1000 bacterial cells is inoculated into a nutrient broth and incubated. After a negligible lag phase, the culture goes into exponential growth for two hours. The generation time for the bacterium is ?fteen minutes. Which equation is the correct one to determine the number of cells present after two hours of log phase growth?

• A) 1000 X 2⁸
• B) 1000 X 16
• C) 1000 X 2 X 2 X 15
• D) 1000 X 2²

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