23. If an individual prokaryote divides every 20 minutes, how many individual ce

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23. If an individual prokaryote divides every 20 minutes, how many individual cells will there be after 100 minutes? (Assume the cell line started with one individual cell.) ----------------

24. Why does the biodiversity of microbes on our skin actually help to keep pathogens away? A. Pathogenic bacteria cannot grow in communities. B. Our normal skin bacteria will outcompete the pathogen. C. Our normal skin archaeans will outcompete the bacterial pathogen. D. Pathogens are archaeans and normal skin bacteria grow faster

25. What is meant by the term "dysbiosis" as it pertains to human interaction with microbes? A. disease-causing archaea colonizing human cells B. communities in the human microbiome shifting out of balance C. human cells engulfing bacteria at a disproportional rate D. bacterial cells shifting from heterotrophy to autotrophy

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23 - If that individual divides every 20 minutes and total timings is 100 minutes.

Total cell after n time = 2n

100/20 = 5 cycles.

Individual cell after 100 minutes = 25 =32 cells.

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