Question 10

(Multiple Choice)

A urine sample with more than 100,000 organisms is considered indicative of infection. A urine sample containing 5,000 bacteria, with a generation time of 30 minutes, sits for 3 hours before finally being assayed. How many bacteria will then be present within the sample?


A)10,000
B)64,000
C)100,000
D)320,000

Answer