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If your bacteria reproduce every 20 minutes how many bacteria would you have at the end of four hours assuming that you begin with one bacterium?
Olivemylub
It would be 4096. Bacteria generally reproduce by binary fission - a process in which division gives rise to two identical cells. If it divides every 20 min, then after 4 hrs or (12 x 20 min), no. of cells would be 2^12 or 4096.
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∙ 14y agoThe generation time of the bacteria in question is 20 min One hour is 60 min Therefore, the number of divisions in one hour is 60/20 = 3 divisions Therefore let n = 3 To find the number of bacteria that result at the end of three divisions, find the value of 2n 2n = 23 = 8 Therefore, there is an eight-fold increase in the number of bacteria at the end of one hour. This means if you start off with X number of bacteria, there will be 8X bacteria at the end of the hour (all other conditions remaining unchanged)
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∙ 8y agoThat will depend on what type of bacteria are present, what substance they are growing on, what the temperature is, what the climate is, what lighting conditions are, and how large the original colony was.
Viral_TDM
Hey there!
According to your question, I am gonna consider that you have given me literally one bacterial cell (aka bacterium) and want to know how much you will get after 4 hours when it replicates every 20 minutes.
Before explaining further, I want to say that all cells divide logarithmically and I will show you what I mean by that.
STARTING
Hour '0' (zero)= 1 bacterium
Replication Begins
1st Hour
20th minute= 2 cells
40th minuter= 4 cells
60th minute= 8 cells
2nd Hour
20th minute= 16 cells
40th minute= 32 cells
60th minute= 64 cells
3rd Hour
20th minute= 128 cells
40th minute= 256 cells
60th minute= 512 cells
4th Hour
20th minute= 1024 cells
40th minute= 2048 cells
60th minute= 4096 cells
End of Replication
As you can see, you will get 4096 bacterial cells at the end of 4 hours due to logarithmic replication.
One more thing! My sibling said that the above method is called brute-force method, but there is a bit faster, and mathematical way to that. You will see that the numbers above are multiples of 2. So, the base is 2 but you keep changing its exponent from 0 (2^0= 1), 1, 2, 3 till 2^12, which will give 4096!
I hope my answer is correct and hopefully, you found this useful! 😄👍
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∙ 14y agoStart with 1 Bacteria, 1/2 hour later bacteria splits, now have 2 bacteria. 1/2 hour both bacteria split and you now have 4 bacteria.
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How often do bacteria reproduce?
It depends upon the environmental conditions and the particular species, but as a general Answer: Exponentially. Specifically, under Ideal {standard laboratory} Conditions, an E-coli bacterium will [repeatedly] reproduce once during each (and every continuing) 20 minute interval(s).
How long does it take for bacteria to double or multiply?
when bacteria has found a warm and moist place to stay, it will start to reproduce a sexually (by itself). Each bacteria will take 20 minutes to double so in a few hours, there could be thousands.
Where in the body do bacteria reproduce?
Hi yes Bacterias can reproduce.Bacteria are prokaryotic organisms that reproduce asexually. Bacterial reproduction most commonly occurs by a kind of cell division called binary fission. Binary fission results in the formation of two bacterial cells that are genetically identical.
Do all living things reproduce?
One of the characteristics of a living thing is the ability to reproduce, otherwise the species of animal would become extinct. However, as of many other "rules" there are exceptions. Any mule (the offspring of two different species of animals, not necessarily a cross between a male donkey and a female horse) is unfertile.(meaning unable to reproduce) so I guess the answer is no, not every animal can reproduce.
What cells reproduce quickly?
Bacterial reproduction is measured in terms of generation time or doubling time. This is the time taken by a single Cell to double. For E.coli, the generation time is 40 min; for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it takes 2 days.
If your bacteria reproduce every 20 minutes how many bacteria would you have at the end of twenty four hours assuming that you begin with one bacterium?
64x10^18 power or 64,000,000,000,000,000,000. 64 exa bacterium)
How can bacteria reproduce in the digestive system?
A small number of bacteria on meat Can cause food poisoning.These bacteria enter the body and reproduce by dividing in the same way as cells in the body. Each bacteria also known as bacterium, can divide into two every 20 minutes.
How does the bacteria reproduce itself in the dijestive system?
A small number of the bacteria on meat can cause food poisoning.These bacteria enter the body and reproduce by dividing in the same way as cell in the body.Each bacterium can divide every 20 minutes.
Bacteria split at what rate?
Bacterium undergo a process called binary fission, where a bacteria cell grows in size to copy its DNA and split into two identical cells. Bacterium split into two seperate bacteria cells every minute.
If a bacterium divides every 30 minutes producing two bacteria how many bacteria would a single colony contain after 24 hours if it began as a single bacterium?
I would say 2,361,183,241,434,822,606,848 based on: every 20 minutes for 24 hours = 72 times "doubling" after the initial doubling of 1 to 2, that leaves 71 more times, so the equation should be 271 = 2,361,183,241,434,822,606,848 ~= 2.36118324 × 1021
If a bacterium could divide into two every 20 minutes how many bacteria would be produced after 8 hours?
20 minutes = 1/3rd of an hour8 hours = (8 x 3) = 24 thirds of an hour = 24 divisions.If all survive and reproduce, the population after 24 divisions = 224 = 16,777,216 bugs.
How often do bacteria reproduce?
It depends upon the environmental conditions and the particular species, but as a general Answer: Exponentially. Specifically, under Ideal {standard laboratory} Conditions, an E-coli bacterium will [repeatedly] reproduce once during each (and every continuing) 20 minute interval(s).
Why are bacteria able to produce large number in such a short period of time?
Bacteria use binary fission( splitting into two identical bacteria) to reproduce, They do this at such a high rate and short time that can grow in number very fast. They reproduce so quickly so they can survive because if they did not have the numbers they had they would be killed much more quickly.
What is the Difference between a Sperm Cell and a Bacterium?
Sperm Cells are gametes or sex cells. They only have 23 chromosomes in humans & are 1 of 2 gametes that when joined form a zygote, a fertilized oocyte. They are used to reproduce. Sperm are not alive & only become living when 1 fertilizes an egg. Bacteria are living organisms that reproduce through binary fission, a form of asexual reproduction. Bacteria can live for weeks in contrast Sperm become useless with in a few minutes. The primary function of Bacteria is to reproduce, while the primary function of Sperm is to fertilize an ovum, & carry out the task of reproducing for the organism from which it originated.
If there was one bacteria on a piece of meat left in a nice warm place for five hours how many would be present at the end of this time?
Bacteria breed at different rates.The answer to your question would depend on what the bacterium was. IF we could assume that it is a bacteria that doubles every 20 minutes under these particular conditions, 1 bacterium would turn into 214 or 16384 bacteria. Again, realize that growth rates will vary and, when it comes to food, you almost never start out with only one bacterium.
If one bacterium divides once every 20 minutes how many would there be after six hours?
After six hours, and assuming they all survive dividing, you would have 232144
E. coli bacteria reproduce every 20 minutes what best supports why the earth is not taken over by E. coli?
limiting factors
