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One hundred E. coli cells are each infected by a single

phage particle. The ratio of the number of phage particles committing to lysogeny to those committing to lysis is 4:1. Assuming that the average burst size is 80, the number of free phage particles released after one round of infection 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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