Biology · Microbiology
A penicillin-sensitive Escherichia coli population is exposed to a lethal dose (200 μg/ml) of penicillin. Assuming density-independent mortality, which one of the following relationships would describe the number of surviving bacteria (N) over time (T)?
- 1Parabolic
- 2Sigmoidal
- 3Linear
- 4Exponential✓
Correct answer
Exponential
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