Question 134

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A pure strain with generation time of 60 min is used in a fermentation process. Following inoculation (0 h), the strain takes 2 h for adaptation, 10 h to achieve maximum growth and 12 h to arrive at the point where the death rate is higher than the growth rate. If the inoculation load is 100 cells, the total population at the end of 10 h will be ______.

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2017XE-G

GATE XE 2017 · Paper 1

Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive

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Section XE-G
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Numerical answer (NAT)
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2 marks

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