Pearson eText Microbiology: An Introduction -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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ISBN: 9780135789377
Author: Gerard Tortora, Berdell Funke
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Chapter 6, Problem 6R
A pastry chef accidentally inoculated a cream pie with six S. aureus cells. If S. aureus has a generation time of 60 minutes, how many cells would be in the cream pie after 7 hours?
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