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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?
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64x10^18 power or 64,000,000,000,000,000,000. 64 exa bacterium)
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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.
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
A bacteria splits in half after 20 minutes so that after 20 minutes there are 2 bacteria and after 40 minutes there are 4 bacteria How many bacteria will there be after 2 hours?
A bacteria splits in half after 20 minutes, so that after 20 minutes there are 2 bacteria, and after 40 minutes there are 4 bacteria. How many bacteria will there be after 2 hours?
If bacteria reproduce every 15 minutes how many do you have after 24 hours?
In hour there are 60 minutes, you divide it by 15 minutes you'll have 4. So there are 4 bacterias in 1 hour. You'll multiply 4 by 24 hours and you'll have 92. Therefore there are 92 bacteriasreproduced in 24 hours.
If it takes 30 minutes for bacteria to double how long does it take to triple?
45 minutes
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.
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.
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 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
Where do microoganism reproduce faster?
Microorganisms can produce faster in a favorable environment where certain conditions are met. For example, in a natural habitat microorganisms can reproduce in 20 minutes. In a laboratory, a single microorganism can reproduce to create more than 100 bacteria in 12 hours.
