Learning Objectives:

• Use given data to plot a growth curve on a semi-logarithmic scale.
• Recognize the different phases of bacterial growth (lag, exponential, stationary, decline).
• Learn how the growth rate can be calculated from a growth curve.

SOLUTION

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