GATE BT · 2017 · BT
Question 39: Microbes
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Question 39
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For an E. coli culture in the exponential phase of growth, optical density (OD) at 540 nm is 0.3 at 2 hours and 0.6 at 4 hours. Assuming that the measured OD is linearly proportional to the number of E. coli cells, the growth rate (per hour) for this culture is ________.
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GATE BT 2017 · Paper 1
Biotechnology · Original paper archive
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- Biotechnology
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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