GATE ES · 2021 · ES
Question 24: Growth and control of microorganisms
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Question 24
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In a sample, the growth of microbial cells started with an initial concentration of 5×10⁴ cells per millilitre (mL) of the sample. After a certain time period, the cell concentration was found to be 1280×10⁴ cells per mL of the sample. Assuming binary fission of cells and no cell death, the number of generations of cell growth occurred in this time period is __________ (answer in integer).
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2021ES
GATE ES 2021 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 1 mark
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