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E. coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100 C. If the E. coli culture (with an initial population size of $10^5$ cells) was subjected to 100 C, then how long would it take (in minutes) to kill all the E. coli cells in the culture?

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Description: E. coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100 C. If the E. coli culture (with an initial population size of 10^5 cells) was subjected to 100 C, then how long would it take (in minutes) to kill all the E. coli cells in the culture?

          E. coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100 C. If the E. coli culture (with an initial population size of $10^5$ cells) was subjected to 100 C, then how long would it take (in minutes) to kill all the E. coli cells in the culture?

E. coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100 C. If the E. coli culture (with an initial population size of 10^5 cells) was subjected to 100 C, then how long would it take (in minutes) to kill all the E. coli cells in the culture?

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coli cells in the culture. Since the decimal reduction time is 1.5 minutes, it means that for every 1.5 minutes at 100C, the population of E. coli cells is reduced by 1 log (or 10 times). To completely kill all the E. coli cells in the culture, we need to achieve Show more…

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E. coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100C. If the E. coli culture (with an initial population size of 10^(5) cells) was subjected to 100C, then how long would it take (in minutes) to kill all the E. coli cells in the culture? E.coli has a decimal reduction time of 1.5 minutes at 100 C.If the E.coli culture(with an initial population size of 10 cells)was subjected to 100C then how long would it take(in minutes) to kill all the E.coli cells in the culture?