Question

At midnight a virus was placed into a colony of 1983 bacteria. Each second each virus destroys one bacterium, after which all the bacteria and viruses divide in two. Will all the bacteria be eventually destroyed? If so, what is the exact time of this event?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The reproductive cycle of viruses ranges from 8 hrs (picornaviruses) to more than 72 hrs (some herpesviruses). The virus yields per cell range from more than 100,000 poliovirus particles to several thousand poxvirus particles.