Question

A bacteria population is increased by 80%
in one hour. What is the rate constant with
1st order kinetics ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The rate of exponential growth of a bacterial culture is expressed as generation time, also the doubling time of the bacterial population. Generation time (G) is defined as the time (t) per generation (n = number of generations). Hence, G=t/n is the equation from which calculations of generation time (below) derive