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Question
Fresh LB medium was inoculated with 4000 bacterial cells. After 12 hours, the cell numbers reached to 256000. Considering that the bacteria exponentially multiply by binary fission, the generation time of bacteria is:
Explanation
In fresh lb medium was inoculated with 4000, 2 hours represents established outcome. functional assays confirms option D (2 hours) as correct, while alternatives misstate substrate or regulatory direction, contradicting textbook data.
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