At 4:00 p.m. a closed flask of sterile broth is inoculated with 10,000 cells. The lag phase lasts 1 hour. At 9:00 p.m. the log phase culture has a population of 65 million cells. The mean generation time is approximately

A. 10 minutes.
B. 40 minutes.
C. 20 minutes.
D. 30 minutes.


Answer: C

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