GATE XL · 2026 · XL-S
Question 73: Microbial Growth
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Question 73
XL-SNAT1 markNeeds review
The decimal reduction time of Escherichia coli at a particular temperature is one minute. Assuming no bacterial growth and constant death rate, the time required for one million bacteria to get reduced to one viable bacterium is ____ minutes. (Answer in integer)
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2026XL-S
GATE XL 2026 · Paper 1
Life Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XL-S
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 1 mark
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